Three people were arraigned in a Mombasa court facing charges of obtaining money by false pretence after defrauding a trader goods worth Ksh 4.4 million.
The three Lillian Njeri Muigai, Peter Maina Maingi and Mary Gakii appeared before Mombasa Senior Magistrate Francis Kiambi, and were charged with swindling Anthony Murithi Riungu 50,000 kilograms of rice four years ago.
It is alleged that the three duped Anthony Murithi by pretending that they could supply 2000 bags of 25 kgs long grain rice valued at 4.4 Million shillings which was an order to Tuskys Supermarket Mombasa Road branch in Nairobi.
According to the prosecution, police were able to trace and arrest Peter Maina Maingi the driver of the Canter Lorry which ferried the goods from Mombasa to Nairobi.
Maingi then took the police to a store in Nairobi where they recovered part of the rice consignment before arresting Lillian Njeri Muigai and Mary Gakii the owners of the store.
An employee of Family Bank who was testifying said Lillian Njeri Muigai had approached the Bank for a loan of 4.4 million shillings which was denied because she did not meet the requirements.
Elsewhere, Public Service Commission has advised Kenyans not to fall into the trap of unscrupulous people who are advertising fake jobs.
The adverts advised would be job seekers to pay a non-refundable fee in order to be recruited.
Applicants were to pay Sh2,700 for a “medical assessment” which the cons claimed was a subsidised rate with the government paying the Sh2,7000 balance.
“The Public Service Commission dissociates itself from an ongoing jobs recruitment exercise whose advert is currently circulating on social media purporting to be from the Commission,” PSC said.
The commission advised those seeking public service jobs to always check its website to confirm the validity of the adverts before engaging further.
The fake job advert had required applicants to provide their academic certificates, ID and passport size photo among other documents.
“We wish to caution Kenyans against falling into the trap of unscrupulous people who have devised this scheme with the sole intention to con them,” PSC said in a statement on Wednesday.