BY NT CORRESPONDENT.
A director of a tourists company has been charged with several counts of fraud before a Nairobi Count.
Lysanian Otieno Onjwayo appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi and pleaded not guilty to sixteen counts of fraud.
Otieno is accused of obtaining a total of over 11 million from various tourist intending to visit Kenya by falsely pretending he was in a position to offer them tours and accommodation through on-line booking.
He is accused that on May 28 this year in Nairobi obtained 2455 US dollars from PP/NO R5569193 Saswat Nanda by falsely pretending he was in a position to offer him tourand accommodation services as a tourist in Kenya a fact he knew to be false.
Otieno is also accused on July 26, this year with intent to defraud , obtained 1484 US dollars from Olive Seidel by falsely pretending he was in position to offer her tour and accommodation services as a tourist in Kenya.
State accused Otieno of obtaining money from various tourists including Juan Pento Valenzuela, Nicholas Joseph Caparco, France national Jeremie Benjamin, Shantanu Nath, Arindam Thakur among others.
He was released on a cash bail of Ksh 300,000.