One of five accountants alleged to have conspired and stolen over Ksh. 200 million at four logistics companies has been charged before a Mombasa court.
Robert Wangila Wandera was charged with stealing Ksh 200,585,052.00 at Igsar Group Company Limited, Husaaba trading Company Limited, Sunova International Limited and Inland Logistics.
He was charged with conspiracy to defraud, stealing by servant, false accounting, forgery, uttering a false document, giving false information to a person employed in public service and money laundering.
Principal Magistrate Hon. Gladys Ollimo heard that the accused jointly with others not before court conspired and defrauded the four firms through fraudulent withdrawal of cash at Absa Bank Kenya limited account number 2039703583 using Bwanyange Company Limited cheques.
Wandera was also charged with stealing by servant while working as an accountant with the logistics firms.
He also faced another charge of making false accounting, which Principal Prosecution Counsel Alex Gituma, told the court involved making of false entries into the companies’ book of accounts to show Bwanyange Limited paid the over Ksh 200 million to the four companies for goods, forex trading remittances and other transactions.
He was further accused jointly with others not before court of defrauding Igsar Group Company Limited, Husaaba trading Company Limited, Sunova International Limited and Inland Logistics, all Mombasa based companies, of Ksh 200,585,052.00 through fraudulent withdrawal of cash at Absa Bank Kenya limited account number 2039703583 using Bwanyange Company Limited cheques.
Wandera was also accused of forging the signature of one Thomas Evans Huntly in a letter of acceptance dated 20 May 2020 on to him accepting being a director of Bwanyange Company limited purporting it to be genuine.
Hon. Ollimo also heard that the suspect uttered forged minutes of Bwanyange Limited signed by Thomas Evans Huntly, which were launched using the E-citizen account of Anderson Kombe Hare.
He is also charged with giving false information to Business Registration officer Ann Kanake by use of a letter that she omits Thomas Evan Huntly, as a director and shareholder in Bwangange Company Limited.
Wandera was also charged with money laundering involving unlawfully disposal of Ksh 200,585,052.00 at ABSA Bank Limited in Mombasa suspected to be stolen from the four logistic firms and proceed of crime.
The accused denied all the charges and was released on a bond of Ksh 2.5 million with a surety of similar amount. The court also summoned his two other co-accused Alex Mutemi Mwenga and Barnabas Agar to take plea to the charges.
Two other suspects; Pavan Kentan Ramji Shah and Anderson Kombe Hare were charged two months ago.