This archive report was first published on 13 July 2020.
On July 13, 2020, a Nairobi court arraigned Pravin Kumar Manji, a local businessman, on charges of forgery and uttering a false document.
Manji, who appeared before Nairobi Magistrate Muthoni Nzibe, pleaded not guilty to two counts of forgery and uttering a false document.
According to the charges, Manji forged the signature of his business partner, George Ojunga Lucas, on March 2, 2016, in an account opening form.
He allegedly signed the document purporting it to be a genuine document signed by the partner, with the intention of defrauding him of millions of shillings.
Manji was also charged with uttering the same document on the same day at the Diamond Trust Bank at the Diamond Trust Plaza in Nairobi.
He pleaded not guilty and asked the court to grant him lenient bail terms.
The magistrate ordered him released on a bond of Sh100,000 or a cash bail of Sh50,000.
