A Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officer was arraigned before a Mombasa Court to answer to charges of conspiracy to deny the government revenue and importing restricted commodities.
The officer was charged alongside three other business people.
The four accused were; Mr Hillary Bett, Mr Reuben Gachau, Ms Mary Gathemia and Mr Pius Kinyua.
The court heard that the accused committed the offence on February 10, 2016 at the Port of Mombasa where they were importing restricted commodity worth Sh7.3 million.
The four are accused of allegedly conspiring to conceal 800 drums of ethanol packed in five containers as base oil.
The prosecution told the court that the accused intentionally concealed the goods with an aim of evading tax payment amounting to Sh7.3 million.
They however denied the charges before the court and filed an application to be released on bail.
Mombasa Principal Magistrate Diana Mochache ordered that Mr Bett be released on a Sh1 million bond or a cash bail of Sh500,000.
The three other suspects were released on a Sh2 million bond each with one surety of a similar amount.
The case will be mentioned on March 15, 2016.