Businessman and former Embakasi East parliamentary aspirant Francis Mureithi on Wednesday denied obtaining money by false pretenses and was released on a cash bail of Sh5 million. Mureithi was arrested on Tuesday night for allegedly defrauding an Eritrean national of Sh300 million between April and November 2016. The MP candidate in the 2017 general election was charged with obtaining money by false pretenses, uttering false documents and money laundering. Mureithi, through his company, Doc Find Ltd, together with other proxy companies reportedly then obtained a total of Sh300 million from him. The money was reportedly wired to the companies’ bank accounts on diverse dates between April 29 and November 3, 2016 by Menkerios.

Source: Daily Nation November 25, 2020 10:18 UTC