Three charged with Sh 127M work permit fraudThree charged with Sh 127M work permit fraud.
Three businessmen were today arraigned at Milimani law court and charged with obtaining over sh 127 million by false pretense.
The three Ibrahim Ahamed Ibrahim,Abdul Zarak Rehan, and Mohammed Suleiman pleaded not guilty to three counts before Milimani magistrate Martha Nanzushi who released them on a bond of five million each ,or surety of similar amount.
With the state not opposing bond or cash bail, lawyer for the accused ask for liniency saying the accused are Kenyans and have place of a board.
According to the charge sheet,it’s alleged that on diverse dates between 4th December 2023 and 6th January 2024,at Nairobi county within the Republic of Kenya jointly with others not before court ,conspire to commit a felony namely stealing a sum of us dollar 881,009, equivalent of Ksh 113,650,254.46 and 15,537,500 from Shahzad Aniq Ayub by falsely pretending that they were in a position to help him secure a work permit, scrape metal dealer and supplying him with 1,100 tones of scraps metal and used batteries,the fact they knew to be false.
The matter will.now be mentioned on 10th of September 2024 for pre trial directions.
