BY IRENE ONYANGO.
A Chinese citizen has been charged with Sh 5. 5Million fraud before a Nairobi Court.
Zhu Wanbin appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Susan Shitubi and denied the charges.
He is accused that on 29th and 30th December, 2023 at Equity bank limited Mama Ngina branch in Nairobi within Nairobi County, with intent to defraud, obtained Sh5. 5 million from Abdiaziz Abdullahi Mohamed.
He obtained the millions by falsely pretending that he was in a position to supply him with 25,000 pieces of Gotel mobile phones a fact he knew to be false.
Prosecution td the court that Wanbin is a foreigner and is a flight risk.
The defense lawyer however told the court that the accused person had been living in Kenya for 7 years and has lower chances of fleeting the country.
He was released on a bond of Sh 10Million.
