This archive report was first published on 10 July 2019.
On July 10, 2019, a businessman, Joseph Anthony Maina, was charged at the Milimani law courts with attempting to defraud Sanlam General Insurance Company over Sh200 million.
According to the charges, Maina approached the insurance company claiming that his machinery at Afroplast Industries Limited in Thika was destroyed in a fire on diverse dates between August 28 and 27, 2018.
He made an insurance claim of Sh204,000,000, alleging that his property had been destroyed in the fire.
However, Maina denied the charges before Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku and was released on a cash bail of Sh200,000 or an alternative bond of Sh500,000.
His case will be heard on August 8, 2019.
Meanwhile, a woman, Agnes Ndinda, was also charged with trying to defraud Barclays Bank Sh16 million.
She denied eight counts of theft and conspiracy to defraud before Ms Mutuku.
The court heard that Ndinda committed the offence on diverse dates between April 10 and May 20, 2019, at an unknown place within the country.
She was also charged with stealing Sh970,000 on May 13, 2019, at 1&M Bank, Garden Branch Nairobi.
Ndinda was released on a Sh3 million bond or a cash bail of 2 million.
The case will be mentioned on July 16, 2019.
