DPP Tobiko orders probe into Sh2bn fraud
Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko responds to questions during the Leadership Summit at Leisure Lodge Resort in Kwale County on December 2, 2016. He wants a probe concerning fraud allegations involving firms belonging to the late Premji Jina Manji Pindolla done. PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Mr Tobiko asked the Director of Criminal Investigations to form a joint team to conduct the investigations.
Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko has ordered the formation of a team to investigate Sh2 billion fraud in six companies.
The firms belong to Premji Jina Manji Pindolla.
His sons accuse their cousins of stealing from the estate of their dead father.
FORGERY
Mr Tobiko asked the Director of Criminal Investigations, Mr Ndegwa Muhoro, to form the joint team.
He also asked a Mombasa court to withdraw a suit facing two businessmen and a secretary charged with four counts of forgery relating to the transfer of Sh20 million shares in one of the firms.
CASE FILE
Mr Tobiko said Mr Paresh Shivji Jadva, Mr Shijvi Jadva Varsani and Mr Victor Arara were charged without conclusion of investigations.
The letter for the withdrawal of the case against the three was produced in court.
“The examiner's report was not included in the case file. Nor is it clear whether the signatures of the accused and the documents signed by the complainant’s late father were submitted for analysis.
"Officers from the registrar of companies have not recorded statements,” the letter said.
SUSPECTS
The DPP added that parallel investigations by the DCI had not been concluded and could lead to more charges being preferred against the suspects.
“I, therefore, direct the DCI director to form a team comprising detectives from Mombasa and Nairobi to investigate the complex fraud involving the companies.
"Thorough investigations should be conducted on the firms, banks and properties involved,” the DPP said.
