A well-connected inmate serving a life sentence at the Kamiti Maximum Security prison is back in court where he is facing fraud charges alongside his mother after allegedly defrauding a city businesswoman from his prison cells while promising her a parcel of prime land in Nairobi.
Hesbon Onyango Nyamweya has been freshly charged with conspiracy to steal contrary to section 313 of the Penal Code. He is charged alongside his mother Pamela Akinyi Wara with colluding to steal Sh7,656,500 from Purity Karambu.
The suspects are facing two similar charges of cheating contrary to section 315 of the Penal Code where they are accused of using fraudulent tricks to get the money from Karambu.
The suspects are accused of committing the offence between May 1 and September 17, 2020. They are also charged with defrauding the complainant of Sh91,230 during the same period.
The mother and son are facing charges of money laundering in contravention of section 3 (b) (1) as read with section 16 of the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act.
