A suspected fraudster is facing charges of obtaining money by false pretenses contrary to section 313 of the penal code after allegedly conning a city lawyer of Sh17.3 million in a scheme that ran for more than 18 months.
Mr Jack Bondori is accused of defrauding lawyer Stephanie Wambui Njoroge of the cash on diverse dates between July 14, 2021 and January 3, 2023 while pretending that he could co-opt her in a lucrative real estate business knowing the same as untrue.
Ms Njoroge met Mr Bondori at a carwash in Kasarani Sub County within Nairobi in early 2021 and he introduced himself to her as a businessman in real estate and handling and clearing consignments and the two exchanged contacts.
The complainant believed the suspect was a businessman and hoped to be get clients for her law firm through him. The two continued a mutual communication until June of the same year when Mr Bondori sought a loan from Ms Njoroge and she extended a loan of Sh100,000 to him.
Mr Bondori repaid the loan after a few weeks but later borrowed Sh250,000 from the complainant in July 2021 after telling her that he had a consignment held at a company in Nairobi where he was required to pay before the same is released and she advanced another soft loan to him.
