This archive report was first published on 15 November 2019.
Published on November 15, 2019, a 40-year-old man was charged with conning a businesswoman of Sh3.7 million by promising her Sh11 million profit in tenders to supply promotional materials during the August National census exercise.
Wilfred Atei, a secretary at Abake Cleaning and Landscaping Limited, allegedly conspired with others to obtain Sh3,695,000 from Shechesi Malesi Violet by false pretenses between January and February this year in Donholm Estate, Embakasi Sub County in Nairobi.
According to the charges, Atei and his accomplice pretended to have been awarded tenders to supply assorted items including T-shirts, caps, and tablets to be used in the national census exercise, which they knew to be false.
Atei convinced Violet that he had been awarded the tenders but did not have cash and invited her to partner and finance the venture, promising they would each invest Sh4 million and make Sh33 million in profits.
However, Atei allegedly switched off his mobile phone on August 1, three weeks before the exercise, having not supplied any tender documents to Violet.
He denied the charges before senior principal magistrate Angelo Kithinji of Makadara law courts and was freed on a bond of Sh1 million with a surety of similar amount and an alternative cash bail of Sh800,000.
