A businessman was on Friday charged before a Miliminani court with defrauding a foreign counterpart in Sh 1.6 million fake avocado deal.
Nelson Ngila Ngui appeared before Milimani Magistrate Muthoni Nzibe and denied one count of obtaining money by false pretences.
He was charged with intent to defraud, obtained from Santi Gomez Guerrero 13,000 Euros equivalent to Sh 1,600,000 by falsely pretending that he was in a position to supply avocados from the country to the Republic of Spain a fact he knew to be untrue.
Ngui allegedly committed the offence on dates between August 3, 2021, and October 15, 2021, in Embakasi Sub-county in Nairobi.
Through his lawyer, the accused pleaded with the court to be released on favourable bond terms saying that he is a family man.
“My client is a first offender as he has no other criminal records and therefore we pray the court to be lenient on him,” his lawyer argued.
The prosecution did not oppose his release on bond.
He was released on Sh 800,000 or a cash bail of Sh 500,000.
The matter will be mentioned on November 16, 2022.
