An Egyptian Woman has been arraigned in a Nairobi Court for being suspected of defrauding a Nairobi businessman of USD 130,000 for the Importation of brown sugar from Egypt to Kenya.
Anan Salah Abdel Fattah Salama who is an Egyptian purportedly business lady is alleged to have defrauded Samuel Kairu Njonde a Nairobi businessman the said money by falsely pretending she would import for him brown sugar from Egypt.
According to the prosecution, the suspect on 25th October 2023, being the CEO of Enhanced Trade and Shipping, obtained from Mary Wangui Mwangi, director of Marangu Enterprises Limited, a sum of USD 130,000, transmitted through swift funds transfer from Equity Bank Limited bank account held at Thike Supreme Branch to Almashreq Bank Limited bank account held at El Souq El Shark Branch in Egypt by falsely pretending that she was in a position to supply 1,000 metric tons of brown sugar to the said Marangu Enterprises Limited a fact she knew to be false.
Appearing before Milimani Law Courts Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina, the accused denied the charges and the court released her on a cash bail of Ksh 600,000.
