A man pretending to be an approved MPESA agent was on Tuesday arraigned in a Nakuru Court to face charges of fraud and false pretence which are against the penal code of the laws of Kenya.
The prosecution desk told presiding Chief Resident Magistrate James Mwaniki that the accused Milton Odipo, 43 while pretending to be a certified money transfer business agent masterminded to defraud one Emily Gitau a sum of Sh70,000 on diverse dates of January this year in Umoja Estate, Lanet area within Nakuru town.
The Court heard that the accused had successfully convinced the complainant to start a mobile money transfer business while promising to assist her in registration procedures among other logistics.
The accused however had intentionally transferred a sum of Sh70,000 to a subscriber number which he is believed to have used to withdraw the money while pretending that the number would be used as a functional device of the complainant to send and withdraw money for clients.
The Magistrate was told that the complainant had reported the matter to the communications company offices in Nakuru town which later jointly got involved in investigating the incident together with police.
That the accused was arrested at his home in Langa Langa Estate within Nakuru town on March 8 after a fruitful investigation by Criminal Investigations Officers based in Nakuru.
He however denied the charges and was released on a cash bond of Sh100,000. The case will be heard on April 2.