BY IRENE ONYANGO.
An Egyptian who owns a shipping company has been charged with obtaining Sh19.9 million from a Kenyan through fraud.
Anan Salah Abdel Fatah Salama, the chief executive officer of Enhanced Trade and Shipping, was accused of defrauding Mary Wangui Mwangi, the director of Marangu Enterprise Limited of the money on October 25.
He denied the charge when she appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Lukas Onyina.
The court heard that the Egyptian obtained the money from Wangui after pretending that he was in a position to assist her supply tonnes of brown sugar.
The charge sheet stated that the money was transmitted through swift funds transfer from Equity Bank Ltd held at El Souq El Shark branch in Egypt in the name of account name Enhanced Trade and Shipping.
This was after pretending that she was in a position to help the Kenyan businesswoman acquire 1,000 metric tons of brown sugar.
The prosecution pleaded with the court to order the Egyptian to deposit her passport in court, as a condition of being released on bail, as she might flee the country.
She was released on a cash bail of Sh600,000.
