Written By Cyrus Kimanga 📝
Two women were arraigned in court and charged with forgery with intent to defraud.
According to the charges, the two women forged board resolution agreement of Bridgeville Heights Construction Company with intent to activate account an act which would enable them withdraw cash belonging to Petty Mumbi Kinyua who passed on during Covid Period in 2020.
In brief, Scoller Katunge and Grace Nyachomba on May 11, 2022 walked into co-operative bank in Nairobi and presented themselves to the customer service desk as the directors of the said construction company.
They presented to the bank a board resolution document indicating that they wanted to activate the company’s account domiciled with identity card of Petty Mumbi Kinyua.
On confirming the account, the bank management noticed that it was a high end account and that the said Petty Mumbi Kinyua who was a director of the company passed on in 2020.
On further investigation the bank noticed the photos in the bank system did not resemble either of the two ladies.
A call was made to the construction company’s manager who confirmed that the company had not sent anyone to the bank and that Petty Mumbi who was a co-director of the company passed on sometimes in 2020.
The two accused women were thereafter arrested and arraigned in Milimani law courts before magistrate Susan Shitubi where they pleaded not guilty to the offenses and were released on a bond of Ksh 1m with an alternative cash bail of Ksh 500,000.
