Two Accused Of Scamming Sh. 29 Million Worth Goods From Merchants

The accused fraudsters were supposedly apprehended after the DCI received multiple complaints from dealers who had lost merchandise worth millions of dollars.

Abdi Ibrahim Issack was charged with conspiracy to commit a misdemeanour in Nairobi in January after allegedly conspiring with others to defraud a merchant of products valued at Sh29.09 million.

Issack was accused of conspiring with others to defraud Amina Abdinoor Ali, who supplied the products at a warehouse in Nairobi's Industrial Area between January 7th and 13th, including cooking oil, bar soaps, and mosquito nets.

Issack was also prosecuted in Kibera law courts for obtaining commodities under false pretenses in violation of section 313 of the penal code, along with others who had been charged in the same courts.

Issack's accomplices, Ismail Adan Abdul alias Farmaajo and Adan Ibrahim, were charged and denied the accusations before senior principal magistrate Esther Bhoke last week.

The suspects approached the complainant, stating that they had been given a contract to supply cooking oil, bar soap, and mosquito nets to a non-governmental organization (NGO) that would distribute them to poor Samburu locals.

The complainant went to the reputed headquarters of the fake NGO, where they were persuaded that the suspects had been given a local purchase order for the materials and that the tender was real.

Issack rejected the charges before senior principal magistrate Philip Mutua.

DCI headquarters detective corporal Jeremiah Musango filed an affidavit in court contesting Issack's monetary bail requirements.

“I swear this affidavit on behalf of the applicant (DCI) and pray to have the suspect be admitted to strong bond terms commensurate to the value of goods obtained from the complainant,” Musango stated in the affidavit.

Musango said Issack is being investigated after another entrepreneur filed a complaint alleging that the suspect and his accomplices defrauded her of Sh11 million in items.

He claimed Fatuma Abdikarim, a businesswoman, filed a complaint at Central Police Station under the number OB122/10/05/2022.

Abdikarim informed police that at their warehouse on Road A in Nairobi's Industrial Area, she supplied Issack and others with 2000 jerricans of cooking oil, 450 cartons of whitewash bar soaps, and 200 bags of 50 kilos of sugar.

Issack was released on an Sh2 million bond with an Sh2 million surety and an alternative cash bail of Sh600,000, similar to Abdul and Ibrahim, who were also released on similar terms by Bhoke.

The case will be heard on May 31, when it will be combined with Abdul and Ibrahim's.