One of the five accountants alleged to have conspired to steal over Ksh. 200 million at four logistics companies has been charged before a Mombasa Law 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.
Principal Magistrate Gladys Ollimo heard that the accused jointly with others not before court conspired to defraud the four firms through fraudulent withdrawal of money at Absa Bank Kenya limited using Bwanyange Company Limited cheques.
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.
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.
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.
