Author: The Law spectacle

Lawyer-cum-politician Stephen Nyandiare In what looks like an irony of recent days, or a play within a play, city lawyer Stephen Nyandiare has blatantly insulted Kenyan investigative journalists, calling them extortionists and other names after they successfully exposed how he allegedly defrauded an American investor of millions in a fake gold scandal. The advocate who previously refused to respond to the said accusations when contacted for a comment allegedly defrauded a US-based businessman, Kelly Radnitzer, of his millions in what the security experts call the deadliest gold scandal of recent days. He has so responded to the accusation through his…

Jatin Aswani Linked to Tax For a long time, some rogue businessmen have been linked to multiple instances of tax and immigration fraud in Kenya. These scandals, including those linked to Jatin Aswani, have fueled corruption and cost the country millions of shillings in lost revenue from innocent taxpayers’ money. At the centre of the allegations of fraud is controversial businessman Jatin Aswani. Before he escaped into hiding in Uganda after committing financial fraud in Kenya. The cases against him are still active as an open wound. Additionally, Aswani initially for many years operated an Eco bank account which he…

Abbas Badru Omuyoma in USD 280,000 Gold Scam Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Nairobi Regional Office, have arrested a man linked to a fake Gold business. According to Abbas Badru Omuyoma, alias Ishmael was over his involvement in a gold scam that swindled a Canadian investor out of USD 280,000. The suspect was nabbed along Dennis Pritt Road, Nairobi, after weeks of pursuit following a formal complaint lodged on September 1, 2025. According to investigators, Abbas Badru Omuyoma and an accomplice, who is still on the run, lured the investor with promises of 550 kilograms of gold…

A businessman has been charged at the Milimani Law Courts with conspiring to defraud an American national of more than Sh 223.7 million in a fake gold deal. David Onyango Ochanda appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Dolphina Alego and denied the charges against him. Ochanda is facing charges of jointly conspiring with others already charged to swindle Tanner Caldwell Cook between March 31 and May 30, 2024, in Nairobi. The prosecution alleges that Ochanda and his accomplices falsely claimed they were in a position to sell 2,820 kilograms of gold to Cook, knowing the representation to be false. The court…

Mohammed Khalif Hassan A Nairobi businessman has been charged with fraudulently obtaining Sh 8.5 million in a fake spaghetti import deal. Mohammed Khalif Hassan appeared before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Robinson Ondieki and denied the charge. Khalif was accused of obtaining the money from Osman Mohamed Ali on diverse dates between 18th February 2023 and 21st May 2024 at an unknown place in the country. It was alleged that he obtained the money from Ali by falsely pretending that he was in a position to import spaghetti on his behalf. The court ordered him to deposit a cash bail of…

Kituo cha Sheria’s board chairman Justus Munyithya Kituo Cha Sheria’s chairman Justus Munyithya’s dirty linen started getting aired during a case where Safaricom sued Elon Musk’s Starlink to be denied an operation license in the Kenyan market as it threatened Safaricom’s dominance in the market for internet provision. Safaricom sponsored Kituo Cha Sheria as an interested proxy party to back up Safaricom’s lawsuit. Before the train could leave the station, a company associated with a wealthy city lawyer sought to join the case seeking to stop Safaricom and industry regulator from blocking Starlink from entering the Kenyan market by providing…

Milly Glass Works, formerly Bawazir Glass Works It has now been revealed that the controversial  Milly Glass Works, formerly Bawazir Glass Works has been using bribes tricks, and other corrupt means to defraud Kenyans leaving them in deplorable condition. Various sources indicate the firm has been using various corrupt deals to manipulate court proceedings to con millions of shillings and evade the paying of taxes. According to the various sources of the matters, the company in question aware of the said case aver that whereas African Spirits was by then targeted by Uhuru Kenyatta’s regime for evading taxes and producing…

Mututho’s Son Martin Munene Charged in Sh8M Fraud Case Mututho’s son, Martin Munene, is now the ringleader in fraud syndicates, charged with Sh 8M fraud. Rogue, corrupt Dangerous businessman Martin Munene Njenga is now an alleged leader of fraudsters who are causing mayhem in the country. He now faces the charges of defrauding a businessman of Ksh 8 million through corrupt, dangerous means. According to the court papers, the accused person was arrested after a complaint was registered at the Kilimani Nairobi Directorate of Criminal Investigations on the matter. For instance, on October 12th, Njenga was arrested by the detectives…

                             “Advocate Michael Otieno Owano” Michael Otieno Owano, an advocate and supposed face of Owano Michael & Co. Advocates, was arrested on Tuesday after a session he had attended at court no. 5 for the mention of another criminal case (CR 145/13/2024) in which he is the accused person. The facts preceding his arrest date back to 2022, when the proprietor of the American-based company, namely Underground Pipeline Rehabilitation Company, was lured to jet into the country by one Alvin Alexander (the purported CEO of Orion AST…

A Nairobi Court has acquitted, a controversial corrupt politician cum Fraudster Francis Mureithi Wambugu leaving Kenyans in shock and confusion. Mr. Francis Murethi’s acquittal caused raised an alarm even as a Lobby Group against corruption continue called on the DPP to appeal the ruling that allowed the man back to the society to cause havoc. According to our investigations, Wambugu bribed some officers of the DPP and the Judiciary to secure his freedom “Kenyans need to understand that Francis Mureithi Wambugu’s fraud scandals are dangerous; his acquittal is a defeat to justice,” said the lobby group in a statement. The…