Edwin Ochieng Oduk
Edwin Ochieng Oduk has been charged with obtaining millions of shillings from a foreigner under the guise of helping him to clear and transport a consignment of USD 89 million (approximately Sh 12 billion) in cash held at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Edwin Ochieng Oduk is accused of first obtaining USD 16,000 (approximately Sh 2.3 million) from French national William Tuil by purporting that he was in a position to pay for the insurance of a four-box consignment containing USD 89 million held at JKIA, a fact he knew to be false.
Oduk is alleged to have committed the offense jointly with others, not before the court, on diverse dates between July 22 and August 10, 2022, in Nairobi, with the intent to defraud.
In addition, the accused is charged with obtaining another USD 12,500 (approximately Sh 1.8 million) from Tuil by pretending that he was in a position to hire a private jet to transport the money from JKIA to Kigali, Rwanda.
Oduk is also charged with obtaining another USD 31,494 (approximately Sh 4.6 million) from the French national by pretending that the money was to pay Kenya revenue customs documents and taxes for the four boxes of money.
The accused is alleged to have committed the offenses on June 15th and 10th, 2023, respectively.
The prosecution also charged Oduk with forging a Kenya Airways waybill number, a letter from African Cargo Handling Limited, and a letter for the customs service department for the East African Community.
Oduk denied the charges before Kibera Law Courts Senior Principal Magistrate Monica Maroro. He was released on a Sh 800,000 cash bail.
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