A man associated with Ford Kenya and a close associate of Speaker Moses Wetang’ula, along with a city lawyer, has been charged with defrauding a businessman of Sh 62 million.
Emmanuel Charles Osore and Michael Otieno Owano faced charges at Milimani Court for their involvement in this fraudulent scheme.
Additionally, Lawyer Owano is charged alongside Reagan Odhiambo Okelo, with Osore allegedly being the mastermind behind the operation.
The three accused persons allegedly conspired to steal USD 400,000, equivalent to about Sh. 62 million, from Cohen Oshry by falsely pretending that they were in a position to secure him a tender for the supply, delivery, installation, and testing of a GSM offensive system to the Ministry of Defence under Request for Proposals (RFP) Reference Number MOD/SDM/CS/01/2023-2024.
The court heard that they jointly committed the offence on diverse dates between 25 August 2022 and 22 January 2024 at an unknown place in the country, jointly with others who are still at large.
The prosecution alleges that the three accused persons, to defraud Isky Holding Limited of Sh 62 million, forged a cyber security project commitment letter reference number DHQ/CYBER/785/IDM, addressed to the said ISKY Holdings Limited, while purporting it to be a genuine and valid document issued by the Ministry of Defence of Kenya.
According to the court papers, Okello and Osore were also charged with knowingly and fraudulently uttering a false cybersecurity project commitment letter reference number DHQ/CYBER/785/1DM dated 13th March 2023 to Oshry, a director of ISYK.
They are said to have committed the offense on 15th March 2023 at an unknown place in Kenya.
They denied the charges and pleaded for a lenient bond term.
The court released them on bond
