Three directors of Tareef Enterprises Ali Sheikh Hassan, Ahmed Mohamed Karshf and Abdulaziz Mohamed Karshf were charged with obtaining cement, bitumen and paraffin valued at Sh 7.8 million.
It is alleged that on diverse dates between January 2019 and December 2020 they fraudulently obtained the money from John Mwaniki Kiarie by falsely pretending they were in a position to pay.
They were also charged with fraudulenty obtaining from Mwaniki Sh 4,335,000 by falsely pretending they would construct a road in Maua, Meru County.
It was also alleged that after conning him. they proceeded to issue him with a Sh 990,000 bad Cheque knowing pretty well that the Tareef Enterprises Limited account had insufficient funds.
They denied the charges before Magistrate Benmark Ekhubi and were released Sh 2 million bond with an alternative cash bail of Ksh 500,000.