A Nairobi businessman Dickens Onyando Oluoch, has been charged before the Milimani Law Courts with conspiracy to defraud, obtaining goods by false pretence, making a false document, and money laundering involving over Sh14 million.
Dickens Onyando Oluoch, also known as Paul or Thomas, appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Lukas Onyina where he denied all the charges.
According to the prosecution, between July 13, 2023, and November 20, 2023, the accused, jointly with others already before the court, conspired to defraud Mediquip Global Limited of Sh14,830,000 by pretending he could facilitate the supply and delivery of edible cooking oil to the State Department for Regional Development of Arid and Semi-Arid Lands.
The court heard that during the same period, the accused allegedly obtained a consignment of Rina cooking oil valued at Sh13,150,000 from the company by falsely claiming to be an employee of the State Department, a fact he knew to be untrue.
In a separate count, Oluoch is accused of making a false Local Purchase Order (LPO) No. 2880 purporting it to have been issued by the State Department for Regional Development and ASALs, with the intention of defrauding the supplier.
The prosecution further alleged that August 7, 2023, and September 12, 2023, the accused laundered Sh6,104,000 through Account No. 079943001 at DTB Bank, using his company, Amdeen Investment & Logistics Ltd, in a bid to conceal proceeds of crime.
Investigators linked the funds to transactions with Mwaura Njenga Waititu of Kamirithu and Shangilia Wholesalers, believed to have been part of the fraudulent dealings.
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