Robert Wangila Wandera Charged in Ksh 200M Theft Scheme
Accountant among five accused of conspiring to steal from logistics firms
Robert Wangila Wandera, one of five accountants accused of conspiring to steal over Ksh 200 million from four logistics companies, has been charged in a Mombasa court. The charges include stealing Ksh 200,585,052.00 from Igsar Group Company Limited, Husaaba Trading Company Limited, Sunova International Limited, and Inland Logistics.
Wandera faces multiple charges, including conspiracy to defraud, stealing by a servant, false accounting, forgery, uttering false documents, providing false information to public service employees, and money laundering.
According to the prosecution, Wandera, along with other unnamed co-conspirators, used fraudulent cheques from Bwanyange Company Limited to withdraw funds from the logistics companies’ accounts at Absa Bank Kenya Limited, specifically from account number 2039703583. He was also accused of falsifying the companies’ financial records to make it appear that Bwanyange Limited had paid over Ksh 200 million for various transactions, including goods and forex trading remittances.
In addition, Wandera allegedly forged the signature of Thomas Evans Huntly on a letter dated May 20, 2020, falsely indicating Huntly’s acceptance as a director of Bwanyange Company Limited. He also submitted forged minutes of the company, using the E-Citizen account of Anderson Kombe Hare. Further allegations included providing false information to Business Registration Officer Ann Kanake, omitting Huntly’s name as a director and shareholder of the company.
Wandera is also facing money laundering charges concerning the unlawful disposal of the Ksh 200 million at Absa Bank Limited, suspected to be proceeds of crime stolen from the four logistics firms.
The accused denied all charges and was released on a bond of Ksh 2.5 million with a surety of the same amount. His co-accused, Alex Mutemi Mwenga and Barnabas Agar, were also summoned to court to plead to the charges. Two other suspects, Pavan Kentan Ramji Shah and Anderson Kombe Hare, were charged two months ago.
