Eight people who lost their hard earned money to a man who promised to secure them travelling documents to either France or Canada have resorted to seek justice the legal way.

Court particulars indicate that Sahil Abubakar Mohamed obtained money from different people on diverse dates between the months of May and August this year with a promise to process visas to Canada and France.

Sahil appeared before Chief Magistrate Kennedy Bidali who granted him a bond of Sh500,000 with Kenyan Surety after he denied all the eight counts of fraud. He is reported to have been operating under a company dubbed Ifraah Logistics and Travel.

He received clients at his office located at California in Eastleigh. He lured the victims into wiring their money into his accounts, all totaling to Sh17,999,000 before going missing.

He was reported to authorities after the victims waited for more than three months without getting the visas. He reportedly took them in circles before disappearing from their radar.

In the first count, Sahil is said to have obtained Sh142,230 from Hamdi Mohamed on August 12 in the California area of Kamukunji Sub-County.

Three days later, he is again said to have scammed Salado Haji Sh129,300 with a promise that he was going to process Iranian and France visas, a promise that was never kept.

On August 19, Sahil allegedly obtained Sh168,090 from Mohamed Abdulahi under false pretences. In a series of scandalous visa deals, he again obtained Sh128,000 from Mumuna Hassan after three days pretending to process a France visa.

Close to a week later, he allegedly defrauded Ridwan Hussein a total of Sh 400,450 while assuring him that he was going to process Canadian Visa in a short period of time.

On May 22, Nafiso Hussein handed him Sh219,810 since he wanted to travel to France, a dream that never came true. For Abdirahman Hussein, he needed to travel to Canada and so he paid a total of Sh267,510 on June 16.

Prosecution counsel Mirria Ongaro Nyaboke opposed Sahil's application to be granted bond stating that he was a flight risk due to the fact that he was believed to be of Somali descent and that he might abscond court.

"I invite the court to to obtain a pre-bail report to be tabled in court before bond and bail terms are determined," Nyaboke said.