Milimani chief magistrate ‘s court has sentenced a businessman to serve to years in prison for obtaining credit by false prestence
Chief Magistrate susan shitubi slso ordered the man to pay a fine of Sh1 million in default serve 2years in jail. for obtaining credit contrary to Section 316(a)(b)(c) of the Penal Code.
Suresh Devchand Pethad had found found guilty of obtaining a credit of Sh 6 million from Rohit Shah by falsely pretending that he was in a position to trade in motorcycles business and pay a good profit.
The offence was committed on diverse dates between 2014 and 2016 at Parklands in Nairobi.
Pethad had also been charged with issuing a bad cheque where the court heard that on June 8, 2020, at Parklands, he issued a cheque of Sh999,999 in favor of Shah.
The court was told that the convict had issued it to be withdrawn from GTB, Kimathi Street branch knowing that the said branch had been closed.
The man was arrested in July 19, 2020.