Two middle aged women charged with fraud were arraigned today in a Thika court before the Magistrate Esther .W. Mburu. Elizabeth Wanjiru,34,and Peris Wanjeri 27, both former employees of the Runyenjes real Estate company were allegedly accused of stealing money from the firm. They were believed to have defrauded the firm by creating their own duplicate receipts. Wanjiru, the former manager, and the former Secretary Wanjeri both conspired to embezzle money paid by innocent customers to their accounts using fake receipt books. Robert Githong'o Nyaga the accountant of the company, in court today, narrated how he discovered their scam by accident. "They were both out for lunch when a customer, Peter Mwangi, needed to be served. I had no option than to go into the office of the then manager, only to discover several unfamiliar receipt books hidden in the drawer. Smelling a rat, I called the director and conveyed my doubts."Nyaga a witness in the case told the court. Today in court, prosecutor Stella Oyagi presented the court case exhibit that included receipts from the duo in the amount of 300,000 that had been diverted from one customer and 150,000 from another, and so on and so forth. "They'd fill in the correct amount on the customer's fake receipt, then the actual amount in the company's original receipt which was normally half the amount. A deficit of the company funds had been noted, it had been a major concern, and this discovery came as a big breakthrough. They even used Mpesa to collect the money" Nyaga continued. The duo however maintained on their innocent plea. The case will be heard on the 4th of May.

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