Businessman Samuel Bryan Yongo Otumba and Joseph Bondo Otumba have been charged with obtaining a Sh2.1 million loan from a Nairobi trader using false pretenses.
Appearing before Milimani Magistrate Rose Ndombi, the two were charged with obtaining the money from the complainant, Joyce Cherotich Rono, by falsely pretending that they would transfer to her two motor vehicles as security.
They have denied charges of conspiracy and making a false document without authority.
Yongo and Bondo are accused of committing the offences between February 9 and 26, 2021.
Yongo is also alleged to have forged a demand letter drawn and signed by A. Kwengu and Advocates.
He was further charged with obtaining one table, three chairs, and an IMac27 desktop computer all valued at Sh220,000, the property of the complainant.
He also faced another charge of pretending to be a lawyer.
Prosecutors alleged that Yongo, who is unqualified to be an advocate, wilfully pretended to act for the complainant to demand an outstanding debt of Sh62.2 million owed to her by one Abdikahinya Noor Maalim.
Yongo and Bondo were released on a Sh1 million bond each with an alternative cash bail of Sh500,000 each.
