Man charged with fraud in Sh29m case

A director of a car dealership has been charged with defrauding a businessman of property worth Sh29 million.

George Muritei Waruingi allegedly committed the offence on diverse dates between November 4, 2014 and December 12, 2014 at Westlands within Nairobi County.

Vehicle tyres

The court heard that the accused, who is also the director of Car Dressers and Accessories Ltd, falsely obtained a total of 1,838 motor vehicle tyres of different types and sizes and four rims all valued at Sh29 million from businessman Rahim Virani.

He is alleged to have lied to Rahim, the proprietor at Arrow Cars Limited that he was in a position to pay for them, a fact he knew to be false.

Mr Waruingi was again charged with issuing a bouncing cheque contrary to the law. The allegations were that on November 29, 2014 at Westlands within Nairobi County, he issued an Equity Bank Limited cheque of Sh543,000 to Virani.

Insufficient funds

The director is said to have issued the cheque knowing that the account had insufficient funds. He faced several other counts of issuing a bad cheque of different amount to the complainant.

He requested for favourable bond terms and copies of witness statements, an application that was rejected by the prosecution. The case will be heard on February 26.