A businessman was on Monday, April 14, 2025, charged before a Nairobi court with defrauding an investor of KSh 12 million in a fraudulent land deal.
The accused, Abdi Yusuf Mohammed, appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Ben Mark Ekhubi where he denied the criminal charges leveled against him by the state.
According to the charge sheet, the alleged offense took place on diverse dates between June 29, 2023, and November 22, 2023, at an undisclosed location within Nairobi County.
The prosecution alleges that Mohammed, jointly with others who are not before the court, intended to defraud and obtained KSh 12 million from Satho Umalkher Adan by falsely claiming he was in a position to sell her a parcel of land known as Garissa Municipality Block 1/168.
It is alleged that Mohammed and his accomplices misrepresented themselves as legitimate landowners or agents with the capacity to sell the aforementioned plot in Garissa, fully aware that the claim was false. T
he court was told that this deceitful representation led the complainant, Adan, to part with a substantial amount of money over a five-month period.
Mohammed is facing charges of conspiracy to defraud, with the state arguing that the accused conspired with unnamed individuals to deliberately mislead the complainant under the pretense of facilitating a legitimate land sale.
Magistrate Ekhubi ordered that Mohammed be released on a cash bail of KSh 1.5 million with one contact person.
Alternatively, the court granted the accused a bond of KSh 5 million, on the condition that it be supported by one surety of a similar amount.
Additionally, Mohammed was directed to deposit his passport with the court, a measure meant to prevent him from leaving the country before the case is concluded.
The case has been scheduled for mention on April 29, 2025 for pre-trial directions
