An Eldoret-based car dealer who had reportedly been in hiding for the past six months has been charged with three counts of fraud involving more than Sh3.4 million.
Hildah Wanjiru Chomba appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Kesse Cheronoh, where she denied all three charges of obtaining money by false pretences.
The accused is alleged to have fraudulently obtained the money from her clients through misrepresentation.
The prosecution alleges that Chomba obtained the said money by falsely pretending that she was in a position to import for Stephene Kimani Chege a motor vehicle, a Volvo XC90, an act she knew to be false.
She committed the said offence on diverse dates between March 20, 2026, and April 10, 2026, at an unknown place within the Republic of Kenya.
The accused person faced two other charges for acquisition of proceeds of crime contrary to Section 4© as read with Section 16 of the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act and also cheating contrary to Section 315 of the Penal Code.
The said offences were committed at the same place and dates.
According to one of the charges, Chomba acquired a sum of Sh2 million through Equity Bank Account No. 1750185664438 from Stephen Kimani Chege at a time she knew or had reason to believe that the said money formed part of the crime.
She was further charged that on the same date and place by means of fraud she tricked Stephen Kimani Chege to pay Sh1,442,664 to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA.)
Lawyer Richard Warigi for the complainant opposed an application filed before the court by the accused person to be released on reasonable cash bail or bond terms, terming her as a flight risk.
“Your honour, we are opposed to an application by the suspect to be freed on bond or cash bail because she has been in hiding since she conned my client of his money under the pretext that she was in a position to import a motor vehicle for him,” argued Lawyer Warring.
