Three individuals, Pecina Aduma Onyango, Caroline Akinyi Ouma, and Margaret Wanjiku Ruguru, have been brought before a Nairobi court in connection with the alleged theft of alcoholic stock valued at Sh7.2 million.
A credible witness provided testimony detailing how the accused orchestrated the theft by utilizing a foreign Mpesa account to misappropriate funds. According to the witness, the defendants had set up an alternative phone number for payments, which misled customers visiting the shop.
This fraudulent scheme resulted in significant financial losses for the business, and the accused reportedly fled the scene once their activities were uncovered, leaving behind a trail of deception and financial ruin.
The court heard how they planned and how they shared the proceeds of the crime among themselves until the last day when a customer revealed the matter to the management. They later went into hiding after the matter was reported to the police and they were tracked down by the DCI.
The three accused persons; Pecina Aduma Onyango, Caroline Akinyi Ouma, and Margaret Wanjiku Ruguru were charged before Kibera Senior Principal Magistrate Margret Murage where they denied the charges.
The court heard that the three accused persons jointly stole the cash meant for alcoholic drinks worth Sh7,233,919. According to the charge sheet presented before the court, the accused persons committed the offense on diverse dates between January 1 and August 13 at an unknown time at Highbury Liquor Shop.
The court heard that they had been employed at the shop located along 14 Riverside Drive in Kileleshwa for years and they allegedly used the existing trust to steal. Highbury Liquor Shop is the complainant in the case and its senior-most official has so far testified in court.
They earlier denied the charges and the magistrate had released them on a Sh2 million bond with a cash bail of Sh200, 000 cash bail with the surety of a similar account…
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