NAIROBI, Kenya, July 25 – A Norwegian businessman, John B. Solheim, has moved to the High Court in Nairobi searching for to recuperate over $403,000 (Sh52 million) he claims to have deposited into the account of a Kenyan advocate, Dennis Onyango, for undisclosed enterprise functions that by no means materialised.
According to courtroom paperwork filed on the Milimani Commercial and Tax Division, Solheim alleges that he transferred the funds between August and December 2023 from his private checking account in Norway to a consumer account held by Onyango at Stanbic Bank’s Chiromo department.
The deposits have been made in 4 tranches: $87,097 on August 18, $86,000 on October 2, $130,000 on November 13, and $100,000 on December 8.
Solheim, via his lawyer Philip Kipkemoi Langat, claims Onyango acknowledged receipt of the funds however has since gone silent and didn’t both use the cash for its meant goal or refund it.
The funds, in keeping with the plaintiff, weren’t authorised for any different use, and there was no communication from Onyango relating to their standing.
The Norwegian investor is now searching for pressing courtroom orders to freeze the account and bar Onyango from withdrawing or utilising the funds.
He additionally needs Stanbic Bank and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations’ Banking Fraud Unit to be enjoined within the go well with, with the latter directed to research the matter and file a complete report.
“There is not any authorized foundation for the defendant to proceed holding the funds. I’m apprehensive he could have already used or misappropriated them,” Solheim acknowledged in his affidavit.
In a startling twist, Solheim additionally accuses Onyango of uttering a pretend letter purporting to be from Stanbic Bank, which the financial institution later disowned.
The doc, allegedly offered as proof of the funds being held for different shoppers, has raised suspicion of forgery and doable cash laundering.
