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Charter Bank Kenya Scandal
Charter Bank Kenya Scandal
Dear Madam,
I refer to the above and to our Tuesday meeting, which was also attended by the Chairman of
the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, Mr. Maina Kiai and Mr. Titus MWirigi.
I take this opportunity to thank you very much for the audience you accorded us and to the
very positive concern you had on both the Charterhouse Bank scandal and to my personal
safety.
As advised, the KNCHR has written to the Police Commissioner, Brig. Hussein Ali, seeking
explanations for my last Friday's harassmem by his police officers and demanding a guarantee
from his office for my personal safety .
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I must also confirm that am with you, and all other Kenyans who have demonstrated the will,
and by action to set our country free from corruption. Should you therefore require my
assistance, in any way, in getting to the bottom of this scandal, kindly feel free to get in touch.
As explained in the meeting, my experience at Charterhouse Bank and as their internal auditor
convinced me that the Bank was not established to carry out legitimate banking business. In
view of this, I became suspicious of over 70% of the total number of accounts maintained by
this Bank. In this regard, I provided KRA, through one of their senior officers by the name of
Doreen the whole database of Charterhouse Bank's accounts totaling over 200. Within this
list, I highlighted 85 accounts, which from my analysis had either not paid tax at all or had
deliberately declared wrong business turnovers in order to pay less tax. This was with the
understanding that the rest of the accounts be scrutinized for tax evasion. My source from KRA
confirmed to me that they have assessed quite a quite a number of accounts outside the 85
that I highlighted, though they have not exhausted the list.
KRA then promised to compensate me under their nationally advertised scheme. which states as
under:
Kenya Revenue Authority wishes to draw the public's attention to a scheme that rewards
persons who provide information as below:
• Information leading to the identification of hitherto undisclosed taxes _ a reward
amounting to I % of the tax identified up to a maximum of Kshs. 100, 000/=
• Information leading to the recovery of hitherto undisclosed taxes - a reward amounting to
3% of the taxes collected.
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On 5 May 2004, they paid me cash Kshs.200. 000/= which they described as a token of
appreciation for providing very useful information with a confirmation that my rightful dues
would follow soon. This was never to be the case. After over one year of several vigorous
chasers they paid me by cheque a paltry Kshs. 250,279/20 on 13th June 2005. This payment
was described as my dues for recoveries made from one of the accounts on the list. Subsequent
follow-ups and visits to KRA have yielded no fruits even after several meetings with their .
Chairman. Mr. Mwangola. the Commissioner General Mr. Waweru and the Deputy
Commissioner Mr. Nduati
Mheshimiwa, I fail to understand why KRA cannot zero in on these accounts as a matter of
urgency. They have been sitting on a potential tax recovery of over Kshs 20 billion while the
country is continuously begging for donor funds all over the world. Furthermore the exposure
of these criminals will enable other arms of the Government put to an end these malpractices.
I therefore kindly request you to prevail upon the Minister for Finance, Hon. Amos Kimunya to
address this issue with his officers at KRA.
Yours sincerely
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Peter George Odhiambo
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PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
No of Turnover
Sr.No
Account name Alc's
1 (Millions)
Africa Waste Paper Ltd
1 288
2 Ahmed Abdullahi Ali
3 1 165
Alloy Steel & Castings Ltd
1 681
4 A uto Import Ltd
5 1 101
Brand Imports
3 966
6 Caruo Distributors Ltd
·1 400
7 Cemoack Limited
8 2 1,022
Commercial CorPoration (K) Ltd
1 865
9 Communication Carrier Ltd
10 1 166
Compulynx Ltd
11 1 284
Copy Cat Ltd
12 1 119
Creative Innovations Ltd
4 1,199
13 Crescent Constrution Co. Ltd
1 165
14 Crucial Properties Ltd-Ksh AlC
1 2,000
15 D.Shah
16 1 423
D.Shah & Mr.R Vithlani
1 36
17 Dalbit Investments Ltd
1 4,000
18 Dalbit Petroleum Ltd
1 200
19 Drive In Tvre Centre
1 179
20 East African FoUmdry Works IKI Ltd
1 433
21 Ehsani 111 Abbas
1 153
22 Ehsani Hamed & S,R,Shah
1 10
23 Epsom Holdings Corporation Ltd
1 115
24 Farm Tea Packers
1 110
25 Fones Direct Ltd
1 249
26 Green Comer Cafe Ltd
1 150
27 Greenhills Investments Ltd
1 415
28 Hotnet Ltd
1 150
29 Jak Industries Ltd
1 201
30 Jakharia Packers
1 457
31 Jamachar (KfLtd
1 254
32 John Harun Ltd
1 160
33 Jubilee Tvres Ltd
1 153
34 K S Brahambhatt & Others ·1 209
35 Kariuki Muioua & Co clients
3 586
36 Kempaper Ltd
1 870
37 Kenmosa Holdinos
1 110
38 Kilimanjaro Carvinos Exports Ltd
1 400
39 Kinos Investments Ltd
1 7
40 Klnosway Automart Ltd
1 2,102
41 Klngsway-Mart Ltd
1 246
42 King-swa-yMotors (K) Ltd
3 761
43 Kingsway Properties Ltd
1 6
44 Kingsway Tvre & A utomart Ltd
2 4,443
45 Klngsway Tyres Ltd (Piranha Centre
5 1,238
46 Kitek (7) Ltd,Kahawa
1 125
47 Malde Transporters Ltd
1 652
48 Manoj R Shah (Lions AIC)
1 90
49 Marera Pharmaceuticals Ltd
1 127
50 Markfirst (Kenya) Ltd
1 114
51 Motor Boutioue
1 349
52 Nairobi Mineral Water Company Ltd
1 300
53 Naivasha Matresses
1 201
54 Naivasha Self Service Stores Ltd
1 624
55 Nakumatt Holdinos Ltd
1 28,723
56 Nakumatt Investments Ltd
1 700
57 Paolo Satta nino
1 92
58 Pacific Systems Ltd
1 190
59 Pegrume Limited
4 524
60 Pepe Ltd
1 310
61 Petroleum and Industry Services Ltd
1 150
62 Phones Direct Ltd
1 159
63 Reality TradinCl Company Ltd
1 400
64 Roxxon Tradino Company
1 119
65 Scorpio Telecomunication Ltd
1 151
66 Sevani Brothers & Company Limited
1 351
67 Shailesh Pra·acati
1 2,100
68 Shawaz Textile Mills Ltd
1 100
69 Smeet Shah & Dilpun Shah
1 157
70 Sona Industries Ltd
1 152
71 Spamell Ltd
1 117
72 SunmattLtd
1 371
73 Teeve Insurance Brokers Ltd
1 104
74 The Copy Cat Ltd
1 136
75 Trinitron Petroleum Cornpanv Ltd
1 2,000
76 Tusker Mattresses Ltd
1 3,716
77 Ukay Estates Ltd
1 228
78 Unizone Investments Ltd
1 198
79 Vitu Ltd
1 500
80 Walji Muljj & Co
1 205
81 W.E.TilleyIMuthaioa)
1 5,890
82 Wellen International Ltd
1 400
83 William K Gitau
1 103
84 World Shelter Ltd
1 102
85 Yaya Phone Link (K) td
1 354
103 78,631
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Refer to our meeting last year at the Commissioner General's office which had been
arranged by the Chairman of KRA Mr.Mwangola.
As you are aware, we handed over to your office the relevant information that has
enabled you to increase your tax collection from the traders who have over the last 5
years been evading paying duty. Please note that the list contained over 400 account
holders. .You will concur with us now, that the information we gathered for you has been
fruitful and has also assisted the Central Bank of Kenya in their investigations. We wish
to reiterate your remark that it is your policy to reward appropriately those who have
helped you increase taxes by giving such confidential information. Since the matter has
already been given the greenlight by the Commisioner General during our meeting and at
the same time you confirmed having received the confirmation from your counterpart at
KACA Dr. John Mutonyi,we trust that you will kindly make good your promise to reward
us for the work done in helping you to apprehend the tax evaders. We have been patient
'for over 2 years now and believe that its time now for you to motivate us so as we may
forward to you new information.
Our cry for reward is further enhanced by the fact that the matter is now out of court.
We therefore request you to reward us first and foremost for only the following 10 out of
the over 400 cases reported to you.
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Date: 6 June 2005.
I. Mr. Peter George Odhia mbo of P.O.Box 2820-00200 City Square, Nairobi hereby confirm giving
information with regards to tax evasion of some companies. which are now under your investigations.
Some of the 15 out of the over 200 companies with their turnovers for the last 5 years indicated are as
below:-
The information was obtained by my virtue of ernployrnent. Original documents pertaining to the
above are under your custody. .
I trust that the information has been useful to you and has as sisted you to increase the revenues that in
tum heir to build the country. I believe that once yo u complete your investigations. you will reward me
•..,•.ith the full amount per company 3S stipulated hy the act.
In the meantime. I would anpreciate to receive your sum of Kgh5.200.000- (Kshs. Two Hundred
Thousands Only) as discus sed for motivation which shall ultimately be deducted from the final
settlement amount on cornp lction of your investigations.
Yours,
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Following the meeting between Charterhouse Bank and the Minister for Finance on 20,h
December, 2004 an inspection was conducted on 100' February 2005 to determine
whether the bank had subsequently complied with the provisions of the Banking Act and
prudential regul<J.tions.
The Bank was fined l<5h.1,OOO,OOO for violations of sections 10(1) and 50(1)(b) for
which it is now compliant.
The purpose of this letter is to seek the Minister's approval to issue the bank with the
Licence for 2005...-
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LCA 01-000131 KUSTRON KENYA LIM.ITED v 0.00 10,939,479.50 I 9,538,915.85 1,400,"?i63.65 DR 1,400,563.65 DR ••.
CA 01-000132 IMWAUCO LIMITED V 0.00 105,587.85--t 118,743.00 13,155.15 CR 13,155.15 CR~.P .
~\~CA 01-000133 HARUN INTERNATIO)jAL LIMITED'/ 2,250.00 DR 4,723,148.751 4,560,187.80 162,960.95 DR 165,210.95 DR ~.,.
CA 01-000134 JOHNCO LIMITED&!'_ 0.00 105, 587.85"! 118,743.00 13,155.15 CR 13,155.15
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II"CA 01-000135; PEPE LIMITED .,/'/ 9,537.10 CR F309,838,675.30 311,890,681.65 2,052,006.35 CR 2,061,543.45
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CA 01-000136, TOM BROWN LTD t/ / 0.00 '-208,175.65 231,486.05 23,310.40 CR 23,310.40 CR ",...
CA 01-000137 ( MUSIC MINES LIMITED v: 0.00 t...; 208,175.65 231,486.05 23,310.40 CR 23,310.40 CR ..,..
\""rtA 01-00013S H. INTERNATIONAL LTD ~ 0.00 1,234,053.90 1,358,915.85 124,861.95 CR 124,861.95 CR ,/'
~ leA 01-000139 JOHN HARUN LIMITED V/ 3,206,459.06 CR 198,972,408.17 160,431,051.24 38,541,356.93 DR 35,334,897.87 DR ;I
CA 01-000140 WORLD SHELTER LIMITED 0/ / 836,912.31 CR 80,271,387.96-' 102,557,381.23 22,285,993.27 CR 23,122,905.58 CR'
CA 01-000141 GUNTER & GOLDBERG LTD ~ 0.00 22,648,971.45 22,961,126.60 312,155.15 CR 312,155.15 CR ..---
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\~C_A 01-000142 ·' .. JOHN HARUN v 0.00 6,961,358.85 7,739,591.00 778,232.15 CR 778,232.15 CR ,.<.
\J CA 01-000143 NAKUMATT INVESTMENTS LTD 0.00 628,298,366.40 628,698,973.40 400,607.00 CR 400,607.00 CR
CA 01-000144 AUTO PERFORMANCE LTD 309.93 DR 4,811,346.07 4,812,520.05 1,173.98 CR 864.05 CR
Q CA 01-000145 KINGSWAY TYRES LTD, MOMBASA BRA 32,144.42 DR 66,752,334.14 68,049,233.21 1,296,899.07 CR 1,264,754.65 CR
v CA 01-000146 MANOJ R. SHAH R MOMBASA 0.71 DR 9,467,319.04 9,467,696.75 377.71 CR 377.00 CR
CA 01-000147 TEEVE INSURANCE BROKERS! LTD 185,604.40 CR 109,128,059.05 116,551,188.05 7,423,129.00 CR 7,608,733.40 CR
/I CA 01-000148'\ ~SAILESH PRAJAPATIoo:. ./ 189,989,344.53 CR 2,185,707,947.63 !)(2,014,302,748.03 "'t 171,405,199.60 DR 18,584,144.93 CR
II CA 01-000149: HARROW PROPERTIES LTD 0.00 4,785,500.00 •• 4,785,500.00 0.00 0.00
CA 01-000150i\\\~ NARGIS KAPURI PAN 1,000,756.19 CR 10,879,930.83 10,445,360.95 434,569.88 DR 566,186.31 CR
CA 01-0001511 B. S. MOHINDRA & co. (K) LTD 20,181,443.47 CR 66,691,230v08 15,035,431.58 51,655,793.50 DR 31,474,355.03 DR
CA 01-00015i'VS'ONA INDUSTRIES LTD 69,234,054.88 CR 235,005,882.07 155,540,447.53 79,465,434.54 DR 10,231,379.66 DR
CA 01-000153 BTB INSURANCE AGENCIES LTD 4,399,835.30 CR 9,181,551.40 4,894,066.70 4,287,484.70 DR 112,350.60 CR
CA 01-000154t-;l-'\ CHYENI PRINTERS 2,311.66 CR 49':-,18,803.22 ')0,004,098.22 105,295.00 CR 107,606.66 CR
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Account Account
Number opening Balance Debit
Description Credit Turnover
Amount Closing
Amount
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CA
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01-000158
01-000159
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MOSES N NGERURO
IBRAHIM
KENYA
WAWERU GACWE
JOHN N MBUGUA
(FUCHS OIL) 17,033,805.51
0.00
0.00
0.00
CR 45,165,250.49
E30'486'000.00
30,486,000.00
30,422,000.00
f 28,186,141.84
30,496,000.00
30,496,000.00
30,426,000.00
16,979,108.56
10,000.00
10,000.00
4,000.00
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10,000.00
4,000.00
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r\ \>-. CA 01-000160 NAFTALI L MULENGEKA 0.00 '30,486,000.00 -30,496,000.00 10,000.00 CR 10,000.00 CR
e CA 01-000161 K.T.A.M.L. 47,970,117.54 CR 1,448,578,586.44 1,415,154,749.10 33,423,837.34 DR 14,546,280.20 CR
CA 01-000162 SHERIFF NGUGI 0.00 20,277,000.00 20,278,000.00 1,000.00 CR 1,000.00 CR
CA 01-000163 DAVID M MURITU 0.00 30,396,000.00 30,406,000.00 10,000.00 CR 10,000.00 CR
CA 01-000164 JOHN NJAU S GACWE 915.30 CR 32,282,890.75 32,281,980.75 910.00 DR 5.30 CR
CA 01-000165 K.S BRAHAMBHATT & OTHERS 150,251.49 CR 286,419,575.73 287,351,185.34 931,609.61 CR 1,081,861.10 CR
CA 01-000166 NYCE PROPERTIES LTD /' 58,777.76 CR 2,302,028.58 3,080,444.82 778,416.24 CR 837,194.00 CR
CA 01-000167~ BRAND IMPORTS t/ 205,250,324.27 CR 1,086,858,337.49 908,709,355.16 178,148,982.33 DR 27,101,341.94 CR
CA 01-000168 : SPIC N' SPAN LTD 605,412.27 CR 2,557,300.53 2,088,792.96 468,507.57 DR 136,904.70 CR
1 ('CA 01-000169 I UNIVERSAL CHURCH OF GOD 78.57 CR 11,031,734.91 11,031,845.54 110.63 CR 189.20 CR
1",,\ CA 01-000170 DILWINDER K KULAR ./ 419,400.00 CR 4,077,067.60 3,657,667.60 419,400.00 DR 0.00
..tA 01-000171 ABBAS EHSANI 111--.0 :~ 30,051,053.98 CR 187,590,937.80 163,109,034.12 24,481,903.68 DR 5,569,150.30 CR
•• " ·CA 01-000173 PEEKSKIL, INVESTMENT LTD 287,078.14 CR 64,045,100.03 49,080,067.29 14,965,032.74 DR 14,677,954.60 DR
.•.CA 01-000174 EAST AFRICAN FOUNDRY WORKS(K) L. 23,239,297.96 CR 499,478,298.42 465,006,541.52 34,471,756.90 DR 11,232,458.94 DR
CA 01-000176 SHAILEN J VISARIA 398,093.04 CR 8,650,560.85 8,218,316.46 432,244.39 DR 34,151.35 DR
CA 01-000177 MAYUR PATEL 0.00 5,186,715.05 5,195,644.10 8,929.05 CR 8,929.05 CR
CA 01-000178 CSA SYSTEMS (KENYA) LTD 0.00 28,000.00 28,000.00 0.00 0.00
D CA 01-000179 KINGSWAY MOTORS (K) LTD-SERVICE 26,952.54 CR 141,513,125.30 145,303,192.26 3,790,066.96 CR 3,817,019.50 CR
DCA 01-000180 KINGSWAY MOTORS (K) LTD-SPARES 13,484.50 CR 9,352,334.30 9,370,189.50 17,855.20 CR 31,339.70 CR
I CA 01-000181 DOBBIN ENTERPRISES 14,777.34 CR 8,442,484.10 8,455,964.25 13,480.15 CR 28,257.49 CR
'/" CA 01-000182 I NAIVASHA MATRESSES 12,074,491.68 CR 226,633,693.24 217,944,735.11 8,688,958.13 DR 3,385,533.55 CR
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~"l,~cA 01-000183 ~ KARSAN K SEYANI 2,501,559.39 CR 41,884,512.41 39,386,465.02 2,498,047.39 DR 3,512.00 CR
CA 01-000184 THE COpy CAT LTD 1,317.73 DR 153,297,246.51 154,339,442.34 1,042,195.83 CR 1,040,878.10 CR
,'\).CA 01-000185 TOURING CARS KENYA LTD 0.00 4,120,000.00 4,120,000.00 0.00 0.00
CA 01 000186",~ BRAND IMPORTS(B) v 60,963.07 DR 64,545,200.30 66,345,685.96 1,800,485.66 CR 1,739,522.59 CR
-,CA 01-000187 BESTFAST CARGO (K) LTD 4,745.01 DR 40,541,526.88 40,060,009.25 481,517.63 DR 486,262.64 DR
"t'CA 01 000188 KHUSUBOO ENTERPRISES 98.41 CR 1,266,384.61 1,266,286.75 97.86 DR 0.55 CR
CA 01 000189<) DRlVE IN TYRE CENTRE 24,863,130.03 CR 206,429,122.13 182,528,424.17 23,900,697.96 DR 962,432.07 CR
CA 01-000190 KINGS CHEMISTS LTD( 590,663.33 CR 22,827,700.46 22,271,415.45 556,285.01 DR 34,378.32 CR
01-000191 I 229,516.11 • '4,112-,44L..t~ 3,912,658.95 199,782.95 29,733.16
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LIONS
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CLUB INTERNATIONAL DISTRI 0.00
CR
3,122,167.00, 3,122,174.60 7.60
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CR 7.60
CR
CR
CA 01-000193 PARMEX LTD 31,940.79 DR 22,669,539.89 \22,787,190,98 117,651.09 CR 85,710.30 CR
,1\l\CA 01-000194 MARITECH ENTERPRISES LTD 34,524.00 CR 5,975,961.00 5,941,437.00 34,524.00 DR 0.00
CA 01-000195 J & S SOLANKI '\ ~ 26.00 DR 1,277,365.00 1,455,040.00 177,675.00 CR 177,649.00 CR
CA 01-000196 CONTINENTAL BOARD OF COUSELLORS \\~L 41,433.61 CR 4,114,457.76 4,173,866.03 59,408.27 CR 100,841.88 CR
CA 01-000198 SHUKRI BARAMADI 500.00 DR 1,262,237.70 1,295,493.05 33,255.35 CR 32,755.35 CR
CA 01-000199 F. W NGATIA 706.80 DR 16,222,329.15 16,594,972,15 372,643.00 CR 371,936.20 CR
CA 01-000200 AMEE PROPERTIES LTD 6,995.80 DR 26,524,339.60 26,493,566.10 30,773.50 DR 37,769.30 DR
l~·CA 01-000201 HASHIM KHIDIR MOHAMED & ABDI MU 0.00 821,625.00 821,625.00 0.00 0.00
( CA 01-000202 ··' ....COMPULYNX LTD 10,117,319.02 CR 309,911,049.49 299,661,629.25 10,249,420.24 DR 132,101.22 DR
I,.CA 01-000203 MOTOR LINE SPARES 0.00 306,000.00 306,463.50 463.50 CR 463.50 CR
~ CA 01-000204 SIR ENTERPRISES LTD 48,048,019.70 CR 128,057,671.25 81,351,226.85 46,706,444.40 DR 1,341,575.30 CR
I .' ._-.-,
IIi' CA
0 CA
CA
01-000205
01-000206
01-000207
SWALEH IBRAHIM
CREATIVE
PACIFIC
KAMAU
INNOVATIONS
SYSTEMS LTD
(FUCHS OIL(/'
-./'
48,021,408.99
0.00
20.714.39 CR
CR
23,000.00
124,749,562.35
253,762,876.97
27,000.00
128,559,455.45
189,557,680.07
4,000.00
3,809,893.10
64,205,196.90
CR
CR
DR
4,000.00
3,830,607.49
16.183,787.91
CR
CR
DR
CA 01-000208 ADIL LAKHANI & MINAZ JAVER LA"'l 3,497,818.70 CR 10,031,199.75 ,6,533,758.66 3,497,441.09 DR 377.61 CR
'CA 01-000209 ITEL STATIOt-'-:RS 13,125.85 CR 10,670,279.90 -,...•.
/.0.680,637.35 10,357.45 CR 23.483.30 CR
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Account
Number Description Openi1g Balance Debit Credit
Amount Turnover Closi ng
CA 01 000367 Amount
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MBWANJI MILLERS LTD
CA 01 000368 ,,>\h Balance
EXPRESS IMPEX LIMITED 9,992,498.60 CR 34,563,492.21
CA 01-000369 27,051,096.62 7,512,395.59 DR
ALLOY STEEL CASTINGS LTD - EADB 0.00 5,000.00 2,480,103.01 CR
CA 01-000370 BRAND VAN SALES 5,000.00 0.00
0.00 42,715,166.70 42,722,624.20 0.00
CA 01-000371 MEGA GOLDEN CLEARING 6,514.91 CR 2,182,183.50 7,457.50 CR
CA 01-000372 2,175,921.69 7,457.50 CR
UNIVERSAL CHURCH OF THE KINGDOM 1,261.75 DR 2,853,531.90 6,261.81 DR 253.10 CR
CA 01-000373 3,253,795.00 400,263.10 CR
. CLASSIC MOTO~ARTS LTD 500.00 DR .5,390,863.65 399,001. 35 CR
CA 01-000374 1(70. SHAH 5,457,246.50 . 66,382.85 CR
0.00 679,298.00 680,000.00 65,882.85 CR
CA 01-000375 DAVID F SMITH 60,956,389.15 CR 591,570,597.53 702.00 CR
CA 01-000376t-1l\ 525,417,241.81 702.00 CR
SCORPIO TELECOMMUNICATION LTD 2,289.88 CR 1,105,852.78 66,153,355.72 DR 5,196,966. 57 DR
CA 01-000377 1,105,178.70 674.08 DR
M. R. SHAH CONSTRUCTION (K) LTD 36,920.52 DR 150,589,597.33 1,615.80 CR
CA 01-000378 150,911,454.91 321,857.58 CR
SAVANNAH ACADEMY LTD 0.00 163,081.25 171,681.25 284,937.06 CR
CA 01-000379 Communication Concepts Ltd 8,000,600.98 CR 11,126,423.98 8,600.00 CR
CA 01-000380 2,767,499.50 8,600.00 CR
HIDDEN TREASURES STAFF 15,371,220.50 CR 52,774,833.65 8,358,924.48 DR 358,323.50 DR
CA 01-000381 41,337,162.50 11,437,671.15 DR
LEXYS COLLECTIONS 0.00 1,157,469.00 3,933,549.35 CR
CA 01-000382 1,160,134.85 2,665.85 CR
CA 01-000383 MEKATECH SERVICES & SUPPLIES LT 3,998,827.49 CR 36,229,490.60
31,695,720.86 2,665.85 CR
THEMIS INVESTMENTS LTD ~ 0.00 17,450,280.19 4,533,769.74 DR 534,942.25 DR
CA 01-000384 18,865,361.10
CA 01-000385
GIDEON NDAMBUKI SINGLY vr 3,980,041.35 CR 80,481,819.90
69,100,615.25
1,415,080.91 CR 1,415,080.91 CR
GREAT PRESENTATION CO. LTD 35,037.33 DR 27,736,683.38 11,381,204.65 DR 7,401,163.30 DR
CA 01-000386 4,155,807.82 CR 16,445,662.80 27,352,805.66 383,877.72 DR
CA 01~000387 YANKEE FOODS LIMITED ANY TWO TO 12,040,014.54 418,915.05 DR
CROWN SEVENTY LIMITED EITHER ON 0.00 2,114,406.00 4,405,648.26 DR 249,840.44 DR
CA 01-000388 2,127,047.00 12,641.00 CR
TRITON NETWORK SOLUTIONS LTD AS 0.00 0.00 12,641. 00 CR
CA 01 000390 10,000.00 10,000.00 CR
RHODA NTHAMBA MBATO 0.00 6,042,929.90 10,000 .00 CR
CA 01-000391 6,827,577.60 784,647.70 CR
DIAMOND FOODS SUPPLIERS 0.00 1,500.00 5,000.00 784,647. 70 CR
CA 01-000392 GAl THO OIL LTD 0.00 5,404,478.40 3,500.00 CR
CA 01-000393 5,539,180.90 3,500.00 CR
NEPTUNE SOFTWARE LIMITED SINGLY 3,000.00 DR 20,163,910.12 134,702.50 CR 134,702.50 CR
CA 01-000394 1,401,880.20 CR 31,575,048.70 20,591,873.70 427,963.58 CR
THE SIMPSON CO. EASTERN AFRICA L 29,593,933.75 424,963. 58 CR
I CA 01-000395 SELFWILL FOODS J P MISHRA 0.00 813,000.00 1,981,114.95 DR
819,200.00 579,234.75 DR
CA 01-000396·' KITEK (7) LTD, KAHAWA 0.00 369,500.00 6,200.00 CR
CA 01-000397 till) 326,251.00 6,200.00 CR
LAVINGTON GREEN BOOKSHOP LTD 8,012,122.80 CR r 174,859,794.87 43,249.00 DR 43,249.00 DR
CA 01-000398 144,542,060.20 30,317,734.67 DR
HIGH TOUCH LTD SINGLY 759.42 DR 548,640.08 587,675.84 22,305,611.87 DR
CA 01-000399 MAHESH SHASTRI Raj Parmar 521,028.28 CR 15,145,277.89 39,035.76 CR 38,276 .34 CR
CA 01-000400 14,010,142.96 1,135,134.93 DR
SIMBA TECHNOLOGY LTD 0.00 0.00 614,106.65 DR
CA 01-000401 7,879,484.46 CR 29,857,436.47 0.00 0.00
COpy CAT LTD ANY TWO JOINTLY 25,887,269.85 0.00
CA 01-000402 UNlfONE INVESTMENTS LTD 9,392.68 DR 154,756,343.92 3,970,166.62 DR 3,909,317.84 CR
'1 • CA 01-000403 3,289,250.00 CR _ 315,871,737.50 152,397,793.40 2,358,550.52 DR
KISUMU TYRE CENTRE 298,286,730.60 2,367,943.20 DR
CA 01-000404 8,970,593.75 CR 19,238,788.24 17,585,006.90 OR 14,295,756.90 DR
THEMIS INDUSTRIAL SERVICES txIS 10,307,701.00
CA 01-00040511)t\ SMEET SHAH & DILPUN SHAH ~ 12,859.65 DR 7,162,029.10 8,931,087.24 DR 39,506.51 CR
CA 01-000407 7,247,634.00 85 ,604 .90 CR
YOUNG EXECUTIVES LIMITED 73,428.87 DR 156,022,833.53 156,870,375.16 72,745.25 CR
CA 01-000408 SIMBANET COM LTD 107,871.00 CR 6,865,464.85 847,541.63 CR 774,112.76 CR
CA 01-0004101'1'H,KUKI INVESTMENTS 7,135,725.23 270,260.38 CR
409,700.50 CR 26,081,565.30 378,131. 38 CR
CA 01-0004111 25,298,568.85 782,996.45 DR
SHAH KANJI LALJI & SONS K. LTD 0.00 0.00
0.00 373,295.95 DR
CA 01-000412 90.27 DR 4,910.51 0.00 0.00
YELLOWSTONE ENTERPRISES LTO / 5,001.00
CA 01-000414 JAMIL ASAD ANWAR 35,186.99 CR 11,374,912.96 90.49 CR 0.22 CR
CA 01-000415 12,122,386.70 747,473.74 CR
D. SHAH & S. SHAH KNOWN TO THE 2,012.25 CR 11,622,242.40 11,639,350.55 782,660.73 CR
CA 01-000416 0.00 1,500,000.00. 17,108.15 CR 19,120.40 CR
GREEN CORNER CAFE LTD 1\\1\~~~~\1 'I~Qlql(1 1,500,000.00
CA 01-000417~" HAMED EHSANI & S,R, SHAH N' . 8,334.88 CR 115,295,750.68 0.00 0.00
CA 01-000418 115,406,309.62 110,558.94 CR
WALl MOHAMED & CO. LTD 16,342.37 CR 11,137,449.25 11,142,514.25 118,893.82 CR
CA 01-000419 SKYPERTH ENTERPRISES 2,227.62 DR 1,020,940.58 5,065.00 CR 21,407.37 CR
CA 01-000420 1,072,356.28 51,415.70 CR
INTRA MARKET TRADIN~ 500.00 DR 18,001,249.00 18,015,059.65 49,188.08 CR
I _ 'CA 01-000421 PAUL KIBUGI MUITE ~ 500.00 DR 15,735,000.00 15,748,526.75
13,810.65 CR 13,310.65 CR
- CA 01-000422 ",\'1 NILE CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS LTC 4,398,038.33 CR~32,945,055.33 13,526.75 CR 13,026.75 CR
~8,713,960.69 4,231,094.64 DR
654,339.23 CR 12,268,231.00 ,,646,386.05 166,943. 69 CR
621,844.95 DR 32,494.28 CR
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Account
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ACcount 01/01/98 to 03/08/04
Number Description Opening Balance Debit Credit
Amount Turnover Closing
Amount
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CA 01-000423 MUCTAR MOHAMED ./ 131.32 CR Balance
CA 01-000424 DILPUN G SHAH y' 285.35 CR 19,082.00 20,000.00 918.00 CR
o CA 01-000425 KlNGSWAY TYRS LTD( pi ranha Cent 24,415.09 CR O.OD 10,000.00 1,049.32 CR
oCA 01-000426 KINGSWAY TYRES LTD(university W / 31,422.54 DR 48,774,312.17 10,000.00 CR 10,285.35 CR
49,146,430.49 372,118.32 CR
CA 01-000427 KARIUKI MUIGUA & CO., CLIENTS A~.. 26,089.91 CR 341,474,930.28 343,418,922.96 396,533.41 CR
CA 01-000428 NASSIR AHMED IBRAHIM 3,413.22 CR 25,739,562.22 1,943,992.68 CR 1,912,570.14 CR
~4,337,359.15 1,402,203.07 DR
CA 01-000429 V - MARKET CHOICE LIMITED 47,442.51 DR '81,178,001.48 81,178,177.35 1,376,113.16 DR
CA 01-000430 HUMPHREY KARIUKI NDENGWA 4,017.90 CR 75,554,337.30 175.87 CR 3,589.09 CR
76,562,379.50 1,008,042.20 CR
CA 01-000431 CHANCERY PRODUCTIONS LIMI~ 1,323.19 CR 12,560,639.21 13,006,933.81 960,599.69 CR
(). ' . CA 01-000433\ ,~, 0 SHAH & MR. R'VITHLANI .' 42,558.83 CR 158,900.00 446,294.60 CR 450,312.50 CR
I 188,202.00 29,302.00 CR
~A 01-000454 t MEDIKEM INTERNATIONAL LTD 58,530.05 CR 35,653,057.66 35,666,272.02 30,625.19 CR
CA 01-000455 BlPINCHANDRA HIMATLAL VORA 2,566.58 CR 7,582,863.94 13,214.36 CR 55,773.19 CR
7,566,133.95 16,729.99 DR
CA 01-000456 MR. NILAY MALDE 8,020.18 CR 7,585,183.23 7,599,639.45 41,800.06 CR
CA 01-000457' NEPTUNE SOFTWARE LIMITED 4,738.87 CR 4,668,526.85 14,456.22 CR 17,022.80 CR
5,281,700.00 613,173.15 CR
CA 01-000460 LEXUs STATIONERS LIMITED 4,213.85 DR 2,185,161. 30 2,182,663.40 621,193.33 CR
CA 01-000461 \.;'FONES DIRECT LIMITED /" 30,001,713 .18 CR 15,040,192.62 2,497.90 DR 2,240.97 CR
13,695,586.69 1,344,605.93 DR
CA 01-000464 BHAVIK CHANDRAKANT DODHIA yr 8,493.64 CR 409,918,850.17 365,179,112.79 1,348,819.78 DR
\ \ ~.CA 01-000465Utl- COMMUNICATION CARRIER LTD 5,274.42 CR 14,759,305.50 44,739,737.38 DR 14,738,024.20 DR
14,854,229.65 94,924.15 CR
~CA 01-000471 NINENINE LTD 850,142.63 CR 2,498,255.77 2,492,981. 35 103,417.79 CR
CA 01-000501 WILLIAM K. WOOD / 325.64 DR 4,730,265.98 5,274.42 DR 0.00
'3,889,143.53 841,122.45 DR
CA 01-000502 FRANCIS P. WAMBUA ~? 1,000.00 DR 2,480,000.00 2,487,300.00 9,020.18 CR
CA 01-000504 HARRISON NJERU MUTHURI ??' 34.68 CR 3,108,189.40 3,109,733.15
7,300.00
1,543.75
CR
CR
6,974.36 CR
CA 01-000507 MORNING DEW 815.43 DR 52,932,230.80 46,952,916.20 543.75 CR
CA 01-000509 0'HONE LINK (K) LTD - 7 't,-.I> (····"f' .• N~ 17,092.03 DR 527,778.50 533,885.78
5,979, 314.60
6,107.28
DR
CR
5,979,279.92 DR
CA 01-0005'10 AUM APPARELS LTD 501,059.89 CR 502,865,015.34 484,955,008.80 5,291.85 CR
CA 01-000511 I AIRLINE SUPPLIES INTERNATIONAL ··,NC-' "" \(~":n2,881.88 CR 20,854,789.92 17,910,006.54 DR 17,927,098.57 DR
1,207,030.95 19,647,758.97 DR
CA 01-000515 '-""""HONES DIRECT LTD '71'1 9,933.34 CR 0.00 100,000.00 19,146,699.08 DR
CA 01-000518 PANORAHA IMPORTS 0.00 306,378,842.22 100,000.00 CR 102,881.88 CR
293,021,391.83 13,357,450.39 DR
~CA 01-000519t\~. GENCO LIMITED 2,381.07 CR 23,000,000.00 13,347,517.05 DR
.....-- CA 01-000542 KENYA CATERMART LTD 0.00 22,990,567.10 9,432.90, DR
1,524,841.00 1,611,000.00 9,432.90 DR
CA 01-000543 KACHRA JIVRAJ (K) LTD 19,200.50 DR 4,582,127.65 86,159.00' CR 88,540.07 CR
4,583,875.00 1,747.35 CR
CA 01-000545~~ RO GAl COM LTD 0.01 CR 35,920,701.15 1,747.35 CR
35,832,654.80 88,046.35 DR
CA 01-000546 FRESH AN JUICI LTD ,1,465.71 DR 16,326,612.21 16,810,778.85 107,246.85 DR
CA 01-0005471"[' SHIVAM ENTERPRISES LIMITED .;:. 0.00 123,925,816.14 484,166.64 CR 484,166.65 CR
116,457,250.44 7,468,565.70 DR
CA 01-000548 AHMED ABDULLAHI ALI ~'tct(l •.j)ll\o,) C'i.-l! ~I-"':',. 30,000.00 DR 16,862,435.35 16,869,000.00 7,470,031.41 DR
CA 01-000549 ROPSONS GENERAL STORES LTD 973.15 DR 173,980,893.30 6,564.65 CR 6,564.65 CR
174,229,716.25 248,822.95 CR
.. -o-, CA 01-000550 ~\tI MANJULA N. SHAH 253,435.30 DR 404,400.00 ,., 409,252.80 218,822.95 CR
.;., CA 01-000551 to,> TEXOIL (K) LTD 1,332.52 CR 20,001,000.00 20,507,870.60
4,852.80 CR 3,879.65 CR
. CA 01-000552 v HOME EXPRESS 502.57 DR 8,162,453.52 8,161,121.00
506,870.60 CR 253,435.30 CR
1,332.52 DR
J
CA 01-000553/'/ IMAGE MOTORS (K) LTD 9,137,824.44 CR 4,427,635.60 4,670,165.00 0.00
CA 01-000554 MINESH M. SHAH 13.15 CR 61,433,427.43 242,529.40 CR 242,026.83 CR
30,119,943.62 31,313,483.81 DR
CA 01-000555 ~ GUACA STATIONERS LTD 7,689.20 DR 70,940.00 5,000.00 22,175,659.37 DR
CA 01-000556~/~ NZIOKA GEMSTONES INTERNATIONAL 0.00 16,241,997.70 65,940.00 DR 65,926.85 DR
16,207,276.85 34,720.85 DR
CA 01-000557 IJ/' MAXAM ENTERPRISES LIMITED 835.89 CR 0.00 0.00 42,410.05 DR
CA 01-000558 OSMAN YUSSUF MOHAMED 2,500.00 DR 229,921.40 0.00 0.00
247,782.85 17,861. 45 CR
CA 01-000559,./ TINTORIA LIMITED 2,000,177.96 CR 16,634,500.00' 32,286,997.00 18,697.34 CR
\ q CA 01-000560 tJtfl. KINGSWAY TYRES LTD-vill age mark 500.00 DR 4,964,250.42 15,652,497.00 CR 15,649,997.00 CR
2,983,895.08 I, 980, 355 . 34 DR
CA 01-000561 v KENINVEST HOLDINGS LIMITED 8,407.25 CR 3,585,824.80 4,002,650.80 416,826.00 CR
19,822.62 CR
CA 01-000562,./ AFRICAN CENTRE FOR CLINICAL TRI ./ 1,350,428.33 CR 13,082,282.94 13,858,149.85 416,326.00 CR
; CA 01-000563t!l\ KARIUKI MUIGUA & CO.CLIENTS A/C V 89,464.99 DR 805,694.05 775,866.91 CR 784,274.16 CR
! .rCA 01-0005641
'·.CA 01-000565./
KINGSWAY MART LTD
TEXOIL (K) L-'-f)
i/ 8,682,347.21
8,035.92
CR
DR
327,666,534.92
544,08'2,413.81
'* 10,000.00
32~,854,507.08
507,462,224.48
795,694.05
1,187,972
36,620,189.33
.16 CR
DR
DR
554,734.28
1,098,507.17
CR
CR
35,462,940.40 . ~ , 277 , 648 . 72 27,937,842.12 DR
185,291. 68 DR 193,327.60 DR
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Account Account Openi "9 Balance Debi t credi t Turnover Closi n9
Number Description Amount Amount Balance
~~-gf:gggi~~~-i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:~;~;~-------------~~
CA 01-000568 ~ VILESWGOVINDJI o.oo SHAH
~:f:~g-~~-----;;~:fi:~~~:~~---0.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 CR 10,000.00 CR
CA 01-000569;./ NIRAV PRABHULAL SHAH 0.00 5,877, 7BO.00 4,920,000.00 957,780.00 OR 957 ,7BO. 00 DR
CA 5
01-000570./ NAOMI CIDI KOMBATHA 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 CR 20,000.00 CR
CA 01- 000 5 71 CIDI INTE RNATIDNAL 134.44 CR 10,008 . 12 20,000.00 9, 991. B 8 CR 10, 126. 32 CR
CA 01- 000 72'-- HUNKAR TRADING CO LTO 0.00 240, 000.00 20, 000. 00 "0, 000. 00 DR "0, 000.00 DR
CA 01-000573 Jl' PRISKO SPECIAL SERVICES 500.00 OR 1, B15, 343.60 1,815,643.60 300.00 CR 200.00 DR
CA
-.Q. 901 -
1
01-000575 v:::
ggil;~..r- DALBIT PETROLEUM LTD
On
CR-E.l>S"!J:r...c9_~IR~1.~0~_<;Q •.._LT
BO, 034.05
0,00
DR .329,051,223.26
165 , 289, 550.00
, 332, 778,665.05
. 165, 33B , 850.00
3,727,441. 79 CR
49, 300.00 CR'
3,647,407.74
49, 300.00
CR
CR
CA - U"', HEGROUP I NVESTMENTS LIMITED 91. 05 CR 9, B6 7. 00 20,000.00 10 , 13 3.00 CR 10, 22 4.05 CR
CA 01-000578 ~ IMAGE MOTORS (K) LTO - DEPOSIT 969.30 CR 16,750,335.95 16,790, 5B3. 00 40,247.05 CR 41,216.35 CR
CA 01-000579 v AIR SOLUTIONS LTO 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
' '0 ">«:A 01-000580./ STAR ELECTRONICS LTO 3,388,329.17 CR 12,372,117.24 9,490,327.40 2,881, 7B9.B4 DR 506,539.33
" " ...-"CA 01-000601 v' NYORO CONSTRUCTIDN CO, LTO 0.00 0.00 15,000.00 1S,000.00 CR 15,000.00
CR
CA 01-000602.c; PATRI CK NJI RU 0.00 123, 000.00 195 ,000. 00 72 , 000.00 CR 72, 000.00
CR
CA 01- 00060 3~ EDWARDMICHAEL SMITH 0.00 24 5 , 000.00 365 ,000.00 120, 000. 00 CR 120,000. 00
CR
CA 01-000604': HANS APPAREL LTO 8,199.02 DR 6,589, OS9.60 4,229,818.92 2,359,240.68 DR 2,367,439.70 CR
CA 01-000605 ZING ENGINEERING WORKS 0.00 1,440,974.00 1,658,451.00 217,477.00 CR 217,477.00
DR
CA 01- 000606,"" ZAHIR A HASSANALI 154.46 CR 1, 88 3 ,767.46 159,813. 00 " 723 , 954. 46 DR " 72 3, 800.00 CR
CA 01- 00060 7:/ PETROLUBE ENTERPRIS ES LTO 2, 362, 121. 46 CR 745 , 215 .00 430,000.00 315, 215 .00 DR 2, 046, 906 .46
1 DR
CA 01-000608./ MITSUMINET (K) LTO iI.oo 25,000.00 30,000.00 5,000.00 CR 5,000.00
CR
CA 0 000609 BOOKS FI RST LIMITED 262. 75 DR 412 , 600.00 469, 295.00 56, 695 .00 CR 56,492 . 25 CR
CA 01- 000610'/ LIONS CLUB OF ETHIOPIA 0.00 703. 00 3. 00 700. 00 DR 700.00
CA 01-000611 v:::. NEWLIGHT SCHOOLS LIMITED/ 0.00 0.00 47,200.00 47,200.00 CR 47,200.00 CR
DR
CA 01-000612 ~ DANIEL KEIGI GACHUE 0.00 83B,700.00 1,146,298.00 307,598.00 CR 307,598.00
CR
CA 01- 000613 V/ BRAND IMPORTS LIMITED 0.00 5, 707, 648 . 5\ 5, 810, 32S. 20 102 , 676. 65 CR 102,676 . 6S
CR
CA 01-000614 V'/ RATILAL K. SHAH 0.00 0.00 117,605.00 117,605.00 CR 117,605.00 CR r
CA 01-000616 V PRIME EQUIPMENT (EA) LTO 0.00 0.00 30,000.00 30,000.00 CR 30,000.00
CR
CA 01 000617 v' DAVID M. KANYINGI ~ 3,303.35 DR 2,061,317.00 2,323,159.55 261,842.5\ CR 258,539.20 CR
CA 01 000618~ BRAND DISTRIBUTOR (KENYA) LTO 0.00 1,400.00 10,000.00 8,600.00 CR 8,600.00
CR
CA 01- 000619,/ RAKESH SHARMA 200,000.00 CR 310, 000.00 11, 278.00 298 ,7 22 . 00 DR 98, 722 . 00
CR
CA 01- 000620 DAVID ARADI AKOTO 0.00 185,000.00 200,000.00 15, 000.00 CR 15 ,000.00 DR
CA 01-000621 -. LASHAM LTD 0.00 100,000.00 153,208.00 53 ,208.00 CR 53,208. 00 CR
CA 01-000622 / SIAMANDA DUTY FREE LIMITED O. 00 210,600.00 220, 300. 00 9, 700.00 CR 9,700 . 00
CR
CA 01-000623/ DIGITAL WORLD LIMITED 0.00 69,000.00 711,356.20 642,356.20 CR 642,356.20
CR
CA 01-000 62 4/ PARKER RADID HOUSE LTD 12.22 CR 0.00 50,000.00 50,000.00 CR 50,012 . 22
CR
CA 01-000625/ ) ANAT MUKHT AR AHMED 0.00 0,00 50, 000.00 SO, 000.00 CR 50, 000 . 00
CR
---+--CA
CA 01-000626/
01-205916
HOTEL SIRIKWA LTD
DILPUN SHAH
0.00
0.00
~ 40,000,440.00
• 0.00
p<. 52 ,608,685.00
.,. 0.00
12,608,245.00
0.00
CR 12,608,245.00
0.00 CR
CR
CA 01- 300001 AN)UM CHAUDRY 0.00 42,383.21 42,383.21 0.00 0.00
CA 01-300002 YUVRA) UDAY SOMCHANDSHAH 0.00 1,102.44 1,102.44 0.00 0.00
CA 01- 300003 SAF1A CHAUDRY 0.00 81,094.38 81,094.38 0.00 0.00
CA 01-300004 MRS YOGINI 0.00 21,457.95 21,457.95 0.00 0.00
CA 01-300005 1 MRS YOGINI 0.00 6,038.15 . 6,038.15 0.00 0.00
'LA 01- 60000 NEWCALTECHNOLOGIES O. 00 60, "2. 22 60, 232 . 22 0.00 0 . 00
CA 01-600002,/ DAVID SUNSTRUM 0.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 0.00 0.00
CA 01-600003 S.A. PEGRUME & CO. LTO 322.13 CR 912.26 1,442.31 530.05 CR 852 .18 CR
CA 01- 600004 5 AFRlCON SALES LTO 0.00 261.15 79 5.92 534. 77 CR 534 . 77 CR
CA 01- 60000 MARERO PHARMAC EUTICAI,:; LTD 7. 00 DR 8, 586.85 9, 229. 73 642 . 88 CR 63 5 . B8 CR
CA 01-600006 7
CA 01- 60000
PAOLO SATTANINO v
INTfRN ET TRADE SERVICES LTO
250,124.20
O. 00
CR 310,904.09
60.13
95,707.83
60. nO.
215,196.26
00
OR 34,927.94
0 . 00
CR
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Account Account Opening Balance
Number Description Debit Credit Turnover Closing
Amount Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Balance
CA 01 600008 KINGSWAY TYRE & AUTOMART LTD 0.00
CA 01-600009./ COMMUNICATION CARRIER LTO Acl 33,895.08 33,895.08 0.00
20.00 DR 0.00
CA 01-600012 MANOJ R. SHAH LIO~S A/C 2,290.96 2,371.92 80.96 CR
112,710.07 CR 60.96 CR
.LA 01-600013,;' MEHRAZ EHSANI ~ 176,461. 53" 173,983.43 2,478.10 DR
179,230.86 CR 110,231.97 CR
CA 01-600016 MAGIC KINGDOM 432,921. 42 436,622.41 3,700.99 CR
0.00 182,931. 85 CR
CA 01-600019 COMPULYNX LTD 315.00 630.00 315.00 CR
13,172.00 CR 315.00 CR
26,518.37 17,244.83
CA 01-600020 DR. K. S. & MRS. MANJIT GIDDIE 0.00
9,273.54 DR 3,898.46 CR
CA 01-600021./ MARA TRADING LIMITED ./" 5,486.03 10,972.06 5,486.03 CR
0.00 5,486.03 CR
CA 01-600024 HAMED & MEHRAZ EHSANI~ 4,393.33 5,386.67 993.34 CR
0.00 993.34 CR
CA 01-600025~ CEMPACK LTD 118.00 236.00 118.00 CR
70,152.30 CR 118.00 CR
CA 01-600026VKINGSWAY MOTORS (K) LTD 70,495.00 7,476.60 63,018.40 DR
2,190.26 CR 7,133.90 CR
CA 01-600032 PEGRUME LIMITED 3,875.52 2,514.97 1,360.55 DR
416,863.85 CR 829.71 CR
654,065.56 245,564.04 408,501.52 DR
CA 01-600035 COMMUNICATION CARRIER LTD Ac2 312,841. 41 CR 8,362.33 CR
320,931. 22 11,917.60
CA 01-600036 PETROLEUM & IND. SERVICES LTD. 0.00
309,013.62 DR 3,827.79 CR
CA 01-600037 KINGSWAY INVESTMENTS 490.41 980.82 490.41 CR
0.00 490.41 CR
CA 01-600040./ VASANT N GAROOD 309.00 618.00 309.00 CR
0.00 309.00 CR
CA 01-600041./ PATEL P SAGARBHAI 965.48 1,930.96 965.48 CR
36,316.38 CR 965.48 CR
CA 01-600043 NISHIT K PATEL 48,864.30 12,572 .00 36,292. 30 DR
0.00 24.08 CR
CA 01-600048 v' RAJIV KHANNA '22,986.09 92,891.18 69,905.09 CR
46,874.86 CR 69,905.09 CR
CA 01-600050./ V AND A SHAH ~I.f\ 46,835.66 2,769.00 44,066.66 DR .2,808.20 CR
122.06 CR 164,316.77 240,072.25
CA 01-600053 ASPEN HILL LIMITED 75,755.48 CR 75,877.54 CR
0.00 165.00 330.00
CA 01-600056/ NATIONAL SP. ASSE. OF THE BAHAI 165.00 CR 165.00 CR
0.00 434.75 18,590.00
CA 01-600057 DOREEN NAMULANDA V~ER 18,155.25 CR 18,155.25 CR
0.00
CA 01-600061,;" MEHRAZ EHSANI v' 91. 30 CR
36.50
88,631.69
36.50 0.00 0.00
CA 01-600067 (CRUCIAL PROPERTIES LTD ACI 149,636.80 61,005.11 CR 61,096.41 CR
0.00 158,128.63 316,257.26
CA 01-600070 I~~RUCIAL PROPERTIES LTO(USD) A/C 158,128.63 CR 158,128.63 CR
0.00 46,849.08 93,698.16
CA 01-600071 . MARKFIRST (KENYA) LTD 46,849.08 CR 46,849.08 CR
8,695.16 DR 6,768.87 15,464.03
CA 01 600072vf\~MRS SAFIA CHAUNDRY & MR NOORDIN 3,999.59 DR
8,695.16 CR 0.00
1,526.76 5,796.22 4,269.46 CR 269.87 CR
CA 01-600078/ Hamed Ehsani URI Account 0.00
CA 01-600084~ WINES OF THE WORLD LTD 19,972.00 21,136.00 1,164.00 CR 1,164.00 CR
0.00 2,995.00 3,444.50
CA 01-600085 ALLOY STEEL & CASTINGS LTD 266,305.41 CR
449.50 CR 449.50 CR
263,662.93 14,089.46 . 249,573.47 DR 16 , 731 . 94 CR
(A 01 600088 WALLANCE HOLDINGS LTD ~ 0.00
- CA 01-600090 WELLEN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED ;~\ l 3,834.83 3,834.83 0.00 0.00
0.00 "'-.4,711.57 4,711. 57
CA 01-600092 TRITON PETROLEUM CO. LTD 0.00 0.00
1,394,607.14 CR 2,629,154.64 1,234,547.50
01-600093/ CAPRICORN S.R.L - ~--- 1,394,607.14 DR 0.00
69,377.07 CR 157,234.14 87,857.07
CA 01-600094./' SAILESH & MEHUL SAVANI 69,377.07 DR 0.00
4,500.00 CR 12,386.37 9,965.27 2,421.10 DR
CA 01-600098 CAPRICORN S.R.L - _ 2,078.90 CR
CA 01-600099 DALBIT INVESTMENTS LTD "'~ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CA 01-600101 JASPAL SAGOO
(J!', 030,988.81 CR .9,800,167.83 813,322.66 8,986,845.17 DR 44,143.64 CR
; 0.00 383,965.00 383,965.00
CA 01-600102/ William .T. carlin, wtcarlin@ya 0.00 0.00
0.00 839.00 11,563.00 10,724.00 CR
CA 01-600106 THEMIS INVESTMENTS LTD 10,724.00 CR
0.00 33,651.10 33,651.10
CA 01-600108 ANJUM CHAUDRY 0.00 0.00
27.00 DR 7,209.39 7,274.00 64.61 CR
CA 01-600109 NEPTUNE SOFTWARE LIMITED 37.61 CR
236.50 CR 66,411.00 66,210.16 200.84 DR
CA 01-600110'/ MEDIKEM INTERNATIONAL LTD 35.66 CR
7.00 DR 35,340.45 35,380.95 40.50 CR
CA 01-600111 MAHESH SHASTRI 33.50 CR
0.00 20.00 20.00 0.00
CA 01-600112 ZEPHYR (D. F) LTD. 0.00
6,310.00 CR 9,047.00 31,565.00 22,518.00 CR
CA 01-600115 YOUNG EXECUTIVES LIMITED 28,828.00 CR
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CA 01-600116 ADIL LAKHANI & MINAZ JAVER LAKH 0.00
0.00
20,000.00 20,000.00 0.00
CA 01-600117 ADIL LAKHANI & MINAZ JAVER LAKH 0.00 20,000.00
0.00
CA 01-600118 ADIL LAKHANI & MINAZ JAVER LAKH 20,000.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 6,493.78 6,493.78 0.00
CA 01-600119 EAST AFRICAN SAFARI AIR 0.00
0.00 165,156.30 165,156.30 0.00
CA 01-60012J / VIJAYKANT V RANIGA 0.00
0.00 15,000.27 24,000.54 9,000.27 CR 9,000.27 CR
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Account
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Number Desc ript i on Opening Balance Debit Credit
Amount Turnover Closing
CA 01 600122 Amount
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CA 01-600123 MARKET MASTERS LTD 4,240.00 CR Balance
CA 01-600124 KUKI INVESTMENTS 0.00 8,496.80 4,256.80 4,240.00 DR
CA 01- 60012 5 ./ MEKATECH SERVICES & SUPPLIES LT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
NILE CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS LTD 185,023.80 CR 0.05 0.00 0.00
CA 01-600126 0.00
~LITY -TR4QJl!0.... COM~Y LTD 2, 929.45 CR 304,201.35 0.00 0.00
CA 01-600127 139,604.35
AUTO IMPORT LTD - 0.00 81,166.49 164,597.00 DR 20,426.80 CR
CA 01-600128 79,369.65 1,796.84 DR
CA 01-600129 JAKHARIA PACKERS 29,735.00 CR 8,023.08 8,023.08 1,132.61 CR
HIDDEN TREASURES BOOK - AC 1 6,405.90 CR 29,735.00 0.00 0.00
CA 01-600130 0.00 29,735.00 DR
CA 01-600132 v' JAMIL ASAD ANWAR 0.00 19,139.88 16,159.93 0.00
DE LA MARTIN SERNA 40.00 DR 0.00 2,979.95 DR 3,425.95 CR
CA 01-600137 0.00
CA 01-600138./ NEPTUNE SOFTWARE LIMITED 31,748.00 CR 22,460.38 0.00 0.00
22,500.00
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CO. (K 11,302.35 CR 34,073.00 39.62 CR
CA 01-600142 2,416.40 0.38 DR
31,656.60 DR
CA 01-600144 .> KENYA CATERMART LTD 0.00 11,259.50 3,908.62 91.40 CR
INTEGRATED TELECOM LIMITED 0.00 0.00 7,350.88 DR 3,951.47 CR
CA 01-600147! 7,226.94
---g.CA 01-600151 SIMBANET COM LTD
KUSTRON KENYA LIMITED
,21,162.00
~~~-------·--·I< _ 85,103.98
CR
CR 19,400.25
0.00 116.91
7,226.94
116.91
CR
CR
7,226.94 CR
CA 01-600152 v 1,427.00 17,973.25 DR
116.91 CR
CA 01-600153! EAST AFRICAN FOUNDRY WORKS (K) L lOS', 345 :50 CR 4.00 ' 5,239.00 3,188.75 CR ,
5,235.00 CR
CA 01-600155 ! ANTHONY J. RODRIGUES 2,384.80 CR 100,188:00
455.83 99,732.17 DR
90,338.98 CR .J'1j,)
CA 01-600157 SIMBA TECHNOLOGY LTD 27,613.00 CR 2.00 1,750.00 5,613.33 CR
AFRICA SPIRIT LIMITED 67,906.00 CR 24,080.00 1,748.00 CR
CA 01-600158 . 1,791. 00 4,132.80 CR
JITENDRA SHAH & MRS SURBHI SHAH 0.00 143,167.40 22,289.00 DR 5,324.00 CR
CA 01· 600159 83,096.00 60,071. 40 DR
CA 01-600160 MR AMAR SHAH 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 7,834.60 CR
MRS. SURABHI SHAH 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 CR 20,000.00 CR
CA 01-600161 20,000.00
MR. A ..J SHAH 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 CR 20,000.00 CR
CA 01-600162 20,000.00 20,000.00 CR
CA 01-600163 MRS. S.J SHAH 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 CR
AFRICAN CENTRE FOR CLINICAL TRI 144,347.66 CR 20,000.00 20,000.00 CR 20,000.00 CR
CA 01-600165 20,000.00 0.00
CA 01-600168 _ MRS. S.J SHAH V~ 0.00 66,976.50 13,786.00 0.00
53,190.50 DR
CA 01-600169'-- NAINA M.SHAH &_MANISH R. SHAH, 1,547.00 CR 0.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 CR
91,157.16 CR
CA 01-600173 HANIF AYOOB SULEIMAN 1,940.00 CR 1,330.00 0.00 20,000.00 CR
LIONS CLUB OF ETHIOPIA 37,875.00 CR 7.00 1,330.00 DR 217.00 CR
CA 01 600176"- 0.00
CA 01-600177 LORETTA WAVINYA NZONGI 0.00 7.00 7.00 DR 1,933.00 CR
0.00 7.00 DR
CA 01-611001 AZHAR CHAUDRY 10,000.00 CR' . 0.00 3,000.00 37,868.00 CR
Akiba Bank 250,000.00 CR 10,000.00 3,000.00 CR 3,000. 00 CR
CA 01 611002 0.00 10,000.00 DR
CA 01 611003 Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ltd <"-:.I·· .• ,;'Jo 1,200,000.00 CR 250,000.00
0.00 0.00
Ameri can Express Bank Ltd Frank < .- 50,441. 97 CR 1,200,000.00 250,000.00 DR 0.00
CA 01-611004 0.00 1,200,000. 00 DR
CA 01-700027 Fina Bank ..
~ . .;: 250,000.00 CR__ 50,441.97 0.00
0.00 50,441.97 DR
CA 01-700038 NAKUMATT INVESTMENTS LTD 0.00 250,000.00 0.00
0.00 250,000.00 DR
---~ - CA 01-700044 KINGSWAY TYRE & AUTOMART LTD 0.00 1,231. 57
2,463.14 0.00
10,159.86 1,231.57 CR
CA 01-700054 V AND A SHAH 2,417.47 CR 17,397.95 1,231. 57 CR
ASPEN HILL LIMITED 0.00 303,187.39 7,238. 09 CR 7,238. 09 CR
CA 01-700058 717,974.87 414,787.48 CR
CA 01-700105 BHARATKUMAR A PATEL 0.00 100.00 417,204.95 CR
200.00 100.00 CR
CA 01-700107 CHANDRAKANT PETHRAJ SHAH/JYOTIK 109.31 CR 7,348.90 7,697.80 100.00 CR
ALLOY STEEL & CASTINGS LTD 0.00 0.00 348.90 CR 348.90 CR
CA 01-700128 22,920.22 22,920.22 CR
CA 01-700141 CHANDRAKANT PETHRAJ SHAH/JYOTIK 0.00 0.00 0.00 23,029.53 CR
THEMIS INVESTMENTS ~TD 10,000.00 CR 22,359.06 0.00 0.00
CA 01-700154 22,359.06 0.00
CA 01-700167 PAOLO SATTANINO ~ 4,552.40 CR 11,656.40. 25,000.00 0.00
HEGROUP INVESTMENTS LIMITED 4,905.00 CR 1,718.00 13,343.60 CR 23,343.60 CR
CA 01-700170- 166.00 1,552.00 DR
CA 01-700171.-" A.K PATEL MR 30,000.00 CR 4,905.00 0.00 3,000.40 CR
FARID RAJABALI HAMIR 0.00 5.00 4,905.00 DR 0.00
I CA 01-710000 0.00 5.00 DR
CA 01-711001
i .--.... Canara Bank London Ltd 0.00 6,070.00 7,000.00 29,995. 00 CR
co-operative Bank of Kenya Ltd 649,673.03 CR 0.00 930.00 CR 930. 00 CR
.~ GA 01· 800089 0.00 0.00
ALLOY STEEL & CASTINGS LTD I 19,875.00 CR 649,673.03 0.00 0.00
20,123.70 649,673.03 DR 0.00
291.98 19,831.72 DR 43.28 CR
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Account Account opening Balance Debit credit Turnover closing
Number Description Amount Amount Balance
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CA 01-800098 CAPRICORN S.R.L 0.00 79,421. 36 79,421. 36 0.00 0.00
CA 01-800113 THEMIS INVESTMENT~ LTD 1,447.80 CR 5,126.62 140,377.38 135,250.76 CR 136,698.56 CR
CA 01-800145 PAOLO SATTANINO tI 198,556.52 CR 280,758.50. 126,667.15 154,091.35 DR 44,465.17 CR
A 01-811001 Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ltd 40,037.33 CR 40,037.33 0.00 40,037.33 DR 0.00
CA 01-811002 Akiba Bank 100,000.00 CR 100,000.00 0.00 100,000.00 DR 0.00
~ A 01-900001 JITENDRA SHAH & MRS SURBHI SHAH 124,800.00 CR 0.00 0.00 0.00 124,800.00 CR
CD 00-201452 MARKET MASTERS LTD 0.00 350,000.00 350,000.00 0.00 0.00
CD 00-202533 VEELESH P GOHIL 3,471.20 CR 260,471.20 257,000.00 3,471.20 DR 0.00
CD 01-000051 S.M.J. LAKHANI 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CD 01-000052 LUCY W MWANGI 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CD 01-200001 K. N. PATEL & OTHERS 232,205.27 CR 7,799,609.17 7,567,403.90 232,205.27 DR 0.00
CD 01-200002 DEKA INDUSTRIES 219,604.53 CR 2,499,604.53 2,280,000.00 219,604.53 DR 0.00
CD 01-200003 R.Z. HARIA 104,178.02 CR 1,153,000.00 1,048,821.98 104,178.02 DR 0.00
CD 01-200004 HIRJI SEYANI 347,116.46 CR 8,131,910.83 7,784,794.37 347,116.46 DR 0.00
CD 01-200005 R.Z. HARIA 134,075.33 CR 1,729,500.05 1,595,424.72 134,075.33 DR 0.00
CD 01-200006 VIPUL HARIA & AARTI HARIA 819.86 CR 150,819.86 150,000.00 819.86 DR 0.00
CD 01-200007 RATANBHAI L SHAH 20,590.35 CR 314,525.85 293,935.50 20,590.35 DR 0.00
CD 01-200008 S.M.J. LAKHANI 144,657.53 CR 5,644,657.53 5,500,000.00 144,657.53 DR 0.00
CD 01-200009 MOHAMED HASHAM 19,491. 77 CR 519,491.77 500,000.00 19,491. 77 DR 0.00
CD 01200010 RAKSHA VEKARIA,SHAMJI,JEHSANI,V 46,109.58 CR 2,046,109.58 2,000,000.00 46,109.58 DR 0.00
CD 01-200011 MRUDULA S SHAH 41,556.53 CR 636,581.95 595,025.42 41,556.53 DR 0.00
CD 01-200012 POMESH B SHAH 8,152.62 CR 272,295.76 264,143.14 8,152.62 DR 0.00
CD 01-200013 G.D. PATEL 323,214.86 CR 6,981,390.34 6,658,175.48 323,214.86 DR 0.00
CD 01-200014 SWETA A. ,RAISHI M. & RASILA U, 10,694.62 CR 687,168.60 676,473.98 10,694.62 DR 0.00
CD 01-200015 SWETA A. ,RAISHI M. & RASILA U, 25,748.14 CR 1,654,412.20 1,628,664.06 25,748.14 DR 0.00
CD 01-200016 SWETA A. ,RAISHI M. & RASILA U, 25,449.98 CR 1,635,255.20 1,609,805.22 25,449.98 DR 0.00
CD 01-200017 SWETA A.,RAISHI M. & RASILA U, 9,921.65 CR 637,502.66 627,561. 01 9,921.65 DR 0.00
CD 01-200018 SWETA A. ,RAISHI M. & RASILA U, 12,591. 40 CR 809,043.95 796,452.55 12 , 591. 40 DR 0.00
CD 01-200019 SWETA A.,RAISHI M. & RASILA U, 50,268.01 CR 3,229,903.56 3,179,635.55 50,268.01 DR 0.00
CD 01-200020 J .S. BADIANI '-- - 174,799.10 CR 1,909,241. 40 1,734,442.30 174,799.10 DR 0.00
CD 01 200021 \'--SANJAY R SHAH 269,585.38 COR 2,944,543.65 2,674,958.27 269,585.38 DR 0.00
CD 01-200022 , 'SANJAY R SHAH 359,699.23 CR 3,928,810.05 3,569,110.82 359,699.23 DR 0.00
CD 01-200023 ,--SANJAY R SHAH 570,089.34 CR 6,226,793.85 5,656,704.51 570,089.34 DR 0.00
CD 01-200024 SKYPLAST MANUFACTURERS LTD. 45,840.83 CR 828,458.85 782,618.02 45,840.83 DR 0.00
CD 01-200025 AFRICALAND COMPUTERS (K) LTD 332,821. 68 CR 5,537,222.60 5,204,400.92 332,821.68 DR 0.00
CD 01-200026 NISHIT & CO. LTD 33 ,988 . 79 CR 560,163.39 526,174.60 33 , 988 . 79 DR 0.00
CD 01-200028 SUBHASH CHANDRA M GUDKA 18,343.22 CR 244,779.30 226,436.08 18,343.22 DR 0.00
CD 01-200030 SOBHAGCHAND R SHAH 9,309.85 CR 115,562.65 106,252.80 9,309.85 DR 0.00
CD 01-200031 CHUNILAL K SHAH 9,309.85 CR 115,562.65 106,252.80 9,309.85 DR 0.00
CD 01-200032 KINGSWAY TYRE & AUTOMART LTD 638.33 CR 177,147.53 176,509.20 638.33 DR 0.00
CD 01-200033 .-,SANJAY R SHAH 134,249.80 CR 2,793,407.06 2,659,157.26 134,249.80 DR 0.00
CD 01-200034 ( SHANTILAL DEVCHAND & SATISHCHAN 1,998.97 CR 610,019.17 608,020.20 1,998.97 DR 0.00
CD 01-200035 LEAFSPRING MANUFACTURERS LTD 15,353.46 CR 242,836.80 227,483.34 15,353.46 DR 0.00
CD 01-200036 RAMESHCHANDRA KHOLI 56,867.48 CR 2,193,336.32 2,136,468.84 56,867.48 DR 0.00
~ CD 01-200037 KAMAL R SHAH 58,856.85 CR 2,176,226.65 2,117,369.80 58,856.85 DR 0.00
CD 01-200038 VIJAY K SHAH 1,352,452.06 CR iz. 147,059.00 10,794,606.94 1,352,452.06 DR 0.00
CD 01-200039 NISHIT C. SHAH & MRS DIPSHIKA S 679,721. 82 CR 6,997,460.35 6,317,738.53 679,721.82 DR 0.00
CD 01-200040 .-5ANJAY R SHAH 134,249.80 CR 2,793,407.05 2,659,157.25 134,249.80 DR 0.00
. -- CD 01-200041 KAMAL R SHAH 1,352,452.06 CR 12,147,059.60 10,794,607.54 1,352,452.06 DR 0.00
CD 01-200042 MAYUR KUMAR RAOJIBHAI PATEL 58,856.85 CR 2,176,226.65 2,117,369.80 58,856.85 DR 0.00
CD 01-200043 .-~ SAN JAY R SHAH 202,448.88 CR 4,212,459.60 4,010,010.72 202,448.88 DR 0.00
CD 01-200044 . 'SANJAY R SHAH 202,448.88 CR 4,2V,459.60 . 010,010.72 202,448.88 flR 0.00
Report to the Statutory Manager,
Charterhouse Bank Limited “Under
Statutory Management”
Page
1 Executive summary 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Information flow and availability 1
1.3 Key findings 3
2 Know your customer “KYC” procedures 9
3 Compliance with laws and regulations 11
3.1 Requirements of the Banking laws and regulations 11
3.2 Returns to CBK 11
3.3 Splitting of foreign currency transactions 12
3.4 Insider lending 13
We have included Appendix L showing the Insider lending disclosed to
CBK as at 31 March 2006. Securities for insider lending 14
Securities for insider lending 15
4 Transactions with related parties 16
4.1 Deposits by the directors of the bank and their families 16
4.1.1 Accounts operated by the Kingsway group 16
4.1.2 Nakumatt Holdings Limited - CA 01-000085 18
4.1.3 Greenhills Investments Limited 19
4.1.4 Lions Club of Ethiopia CA 01-600173 20
5 Unusual transactions and accounts which indicate abnormal
operation of the bank 21
5.1 Cash transactions 21
5.2 Webs of related accounts 22
5.2.1 Companies related by transaction 22
5.2.2 Paolo Sattanino CA 01-600006, 01-800145, 01-700154 and FX 01-
400006, 01-400145, 01-400154 23
5.2.3 Dilpun Shah Group 25
5.3 Odesys Enterprises account CA 01-000740 26
5.4 Use of sundry creditors account 27
5.4.1 Sailesh Prajapati – Account CA 01 -000148 27
5.5 Unusual loan accounts 29
5.5.1 Parmex Limited 29
5.6 Large transactions and inward and outward telegraphic transfers
which are unsupported 30
5.6.1 Crucial Properties Limited 31
5.6.2 Kariuki Muigua & Co Advocates 33
5.6.3 Kingsway Motors Group 36
5.6.4 American Express Bank, New York - Nostro A/C 01-610000 40
5.6.5 Canara Bank Limited - Nostro A/C 01-710001 42
5.7 Accounts opened, operated and closed within a short time 42
5.8 Payments for insurance premiums 44
5.9 Accounts operated outside their mandates 44
5.10 Alterations to customer instructions 45
5.11 Foreign currency accounts maintained in Kenya Shillings 47
5.12 Matters noted on review of fixed and call deposits 48
5.12.1 Fixed deposit accounts with debit balances 48
5.12.2 Fixed and call deposit accounts operated and closed without being
credited with interest 50
6 Other accounts with unusual transactions 51
6.1 Creative Innovations Limited 51
6.2 Abdul Qadir Alladina and Mohammed Yusuf – CA 07-600807 51
6.3 Round sum transactions 52
6.4 Triton Petroleum Company Limited A/C no. 01-000352 52
6.5 Accounts with no entry since their opening 53
Under the terms of reference, we were to carry out the following tasks;
i) Review transactions that Charterhouse Bank Limited (“CB Limited” or “the bank”) has
recorded in clients’ accounts with special focus on insider and group-related client
accounts;
ii) Determine if there are any indications of irregularities, such as illegal transactions or
criminal offences, fraud or dishonesty committed in the course of conducting business;
iii) Establish if further work would need to be carried out to provide evidence of any
irregularities committed, or provide any other relevant recommendations;
iv) Determine the status of CB Limited’s compliance with and prudence in following Know
Your Customer (KYC) best banking procedures through review of the appropriateness of
the institution’s KYC policy and its application on all targeted accounts;
v) Determine if there has been any material breach of the Banking Act, the Central Bank of
Kenya Act or the regulations, guidelines or other matters prescribed by the Central Bank
during the period covered by the review.
The scope of the investigation was limited to reviewing information available within the bank. The
investigation did not involve interviewing customers or other third parties or reviewing the records of
or information held by customers and third parties. Consequently, the ability of the review to reveal
criminal or illegal transactions committed by customers is limited. While the review revealed
irregular transactions, it is difficult to ascertain whether criminal or illegal activities have occurred by
reviewing bank records alone. From our reviews, we have reported transactions that are irregular
and give our recommendations on the way forward, including recommendations for further
investigations and follow-up of issues with previous management.
Our work included sampling more than 1,004 accounts in accordance with our terms of reference
and reviewing in detail transactions in those accounts which appeared unusual, with special focus on
insider and group related client accounts. As explained below, we faced considerable handicap in
obtaining information necessary for our review. Therefore, all unusual transactions may not be
reasonably expected to be identified from our work.
We were faced with some formidable challenges in obtaining information which impeded the
progress of our review. As a result, we were not able to access some of the information that we
would have wished to obtain to make the exercise more effective. Some example of this are;
i) We got the impression of a general unwillingness among the bank’s staff to provide us with
information and only got minimal cooperation from them;
iii) We were not able to obtain certain documents for transactions prior to June 2004 as the
relevant supporting documents were said to have been destroyed in a fire at the company’s
archives in September 2004;
iv) The bank’s core system, Equinox, was down for most of the time and was never fully
functional as it experienced considerable downtime. Efforts to get Equinox vendors, Neptune
Software Limited to resolve these handicaps did not bear much fruit in the first two weeks of
the assignment. Afterwards, the syst em was intermittently down and some of the
functionalities could not be utilised;
v) By the time of writing this report we had not obtained documentation in support of
telegraphic transfers (TTs) for periods prior to 1 January 2005. We also did not obtain
supporting documents for the last quarter of 2005. There were significant transfers made
during this period and especially between 25 and 26 October 2005. The Statutory Manager
attempted to obtain the documents for these 2 days, which we understand were available
but management refused to yield. We also understand that subsequent to our departure
from the bank, the Banking Fraud team was called in to help extract the documents for these
days;
vi) We also requested but did not obtain from the bank’s management supporting vouchers for
the nostro accounts for periods prior to January 2006. The manager in charge of the
department informed us he was new and could only provide information for 2006
transactions. We were only able to get some of this information on the last day of the field
work. Consequently, we could not investigate these accounts fully.
vii) Our use of computer-assisted audit tools to interrogate data was also frustrated as neither
the bank, nor their system vendors could provide the investigating team with the requisite
data dictionaries to enable us interpret the data. This means that whilst we could review the
debit and credit entries in each account, we could not easily identify the other side of the
entries. For example, if we identified a credit entry in the sundry creditors account, it was not
possible to identify the corresponding debit without laboriously reviewing the individual
entries in the various accounts in which we suspected the debit entry would be.
i) The bank is not following accepted KYC procedures. Although the bank has clearly
documented KYC procedures, these are largely ignored and there is no documented
evidence of the bank attempting to obtain an understanding of the identity of some
of the bank’s active customers or their businesses. There are strong indications of
irregular activity in some of these accounts.
ii) The bank is in breach of the Banking Act and Prudential Guidelines with respect to
single borrower limits and insider lending and reporting / maintenance of documents for
foreign currency transactions.
iii) There is evidence of the bank carrying out banking operations without complying with laid
down internal control procedures or only intermittent application of key laid-down policies
and procedures. Examples of irregular operations include the following:
− Opening and closing accounts for purposes of passing certain specific transactions.
− We also noted instances where cheques honoured for payment by the bank were
not signed by the customer.
There are numerous anomalies identified which raise doubts about the credibility of the information
and records maintained by the bank. We consider the general control environment in the bank as
weak and we have seen evidence of rampant override of controls by management.
We recommend further investigation into the operations of the bank and more specifically in respect
of some transactions highlighted in this report to rule out the possibility of money laundering,
abetting of tax evasion by customers or other irregularities. We have detailed numerous
unusual transactions in section 5 of the report, which point to possible irregularity, some involving
accounts of companies related to the directors of CB. A number of accounts need to be
investigated further, including all accounts of the Kingsway Motor Group and related
companies, the Kariuki Muigua & Co Advocates accounts, accounts related to Dilpun Shah,
and all accounts identified in the web of transactions involving Paolo Sattanino as discussed
in Section 5.2 of the report. For such further investigation to be effective, it should extend to
speaking to the customers and reviewing their records.
Some of the key findings are summarised below and discussed in greater detail in the main report.
Banking best practice requires banks to gain an understanding of the customer’s identity and their
source of funds among other things. CB has developed some KYC procedures that require
prospective customers to supply certain information and to complete account opening forms which
are then approved before an account can be opened. We however noted that these procedures are
largely ignored. Some of the discrepancies are as follows:
ii) A number of accounts do not have customer’s contact details/addresses. This could be an
indication that such customers do not get statements of account (which acts as a check
against irregular activity in customer accounts).
iii) There are accounts, both personal and corporate, that do not have the customer’s photo
image either on the syst em or on the physical account opening forms. The bank’s KYC
procedures require photo and signature images for both personal and corporate accounts.
iv) Some accounts do not have proper account names. For example, numerous accounts are only
described using initials such as CIL, PIVB, S Shah and D Shah. Some of these accounts do
not have account opening forms and have been used to process unusual transactions.
v) The credit histories for most of the advance files we reviewed are not up to date;
vi) CBK prudential guideline CBK/PG/08 requires banks to report suspicious transactions to CBK.
Some of the transactions observed are suspicious and one would expect a bank to report such
transactions to the Central Bank. There are indications that the bank officials may be involved
in abetting these suspicious transactions.
vii) In the absence of customer details, especially where there are no documents at all signed by
customers, it is difficult to confirm that the customers actually exist in all cases, or whether
accounts have been created to facilitate specific transactions.
Out of the 1,004 accounts sampled for KYC reviews, we did not obtain 839 account opening forms or
customer instructions (being 83% of our sample and representing 217 relationships). We were
informed by management that these forms/ instructions do not exist. We have analysed the results of
the 165 forms that we were able to review in Appendix II.
Of the account opening forms obtained, we have summarised in the table below the key findings
analysed into the following three categories based on the nature of the customer:
• Incorporated businesses
• Personal accounts
Banking regulations such as the Banking Act, Central Bank of Kenya Act, Central Bank of Kenya
Prudential guidelines govern the operations of banks. These include limits on a variety of areas and
also reporting requirements on certain aspects of the banks’ operations.
There are four main areas noted where the bank was not in compliance with the requirements
of these regulations i.e. (i) lending limits to single borrowers and their associates, (ii) limits
on lending to related parties, (ii) unsecured lending to officers of the bank and their
associates, and (iv) foreign currency transactions. The key points are listed below
i) The Prudential Guideline CBK/PG/07 (Section 3.2.3) and Section 11 of the Banking Act
prohibit lending in excess of 20% of the institution’s core capital to any one insider and their
associates. We noted instances where lending to directors of the bank and companies
associated with them are beyond these limits. An example is the lending to companies
associated with the Managing Director, Sanjay Shah, which were in excess of 40% of the
bank’s core capital and are equivalent to 11% of the entire lending;
ii) The lending above also exceeds the limits of 25% of core capital imposed by Section 10 of
the Banking Act on facilities to single borrowers and their associates;
iv) Section 11 of the Banking Act and Section 3.5.2.7 of CBK/PG/02 prohibits directors, chief
executive officers and management from granting any advances, loans or credit facilities
which are not fully secured to any of its officers, significant shareholders or their associates.
We noted instances where loans to officers and their associates are unsecured.
v) CBK has issued ‘Guidelines on Foreign Exchange’ that require banks to report any
transaction above US $50,000 and to retain documentary evidence for those transactions.
We were not provided, for our review, with copies of these returns other than for those made
in 2006;
vi) CBK has issued Guidelines on Foreign Exchange that require banks to retain
documentary evidence for those transactions in foreign currency amounting to more
than US$ 10,000. We noted numerous instances of transfers of US $ 10,000 and below
by a single customer to a single beneficiary on the same day indicating an intention to
split such transactions to avoid maintenance of records or reporting transactions
above US $ 50,000 as required by CBK;
vii) From the review of the returns to CBK for 2006, we noted an incomplete return relating to
some funds transferred from the Lion Club of Ethiopia account. We have reviewed
transactions in the Lion Club of Ethiopia account and noted other unusual/ suspicious
transactions;
viii) The bank had about 150 accounts which, although denominated in Kenya Shillings had
almost all transactions in them in foreign currencies. Most of these accounts were closed in
2004 and new accounts opened for the same customers in the respective foreign currencies.
Although the account balances were in shillings, we noted that there were regular
revaluations of the balances indicating that the intention of the bank was to retain foreign
currency value. It is therefore possible that returns made to the CBK on the currency positions
were misleading and did not include these types of accounts.
There is evidence of irregular banking practices based on our review of customer accounts. During
our investigations, we noted a number of transactions that appeared unusual and for which we
recommend further investigation. Instances noted include the following:
i) We noted numerous cases where certain customers engaged in regular large cash
transactions that are considered unusual. There were unusually large cash withdrawals
and deposits which may indicate an intention to conceal the true source or beneficiary
of the payments made. The supporting debit vouchers and deposit slips were not detailed
enough to show to whom the cash was paid or from whom deposits were received;
ii) We noted a pattern of transactions involving a web of related accounts held at the bank which
may indicate an intention to conceal the true source or beneficiary of the payment made. For
example:
− A certain Dilpun Shah acts on behalf of several companies which have a link to
payments made to Paolo Sattanino.
iii) We have noted that the bank is using a sundry creditors account for processing payments
from or to customer accounts. Some of the payments debited to customer accounts such as
the Prajapati account as ‘cash withdrawals’ were traced to the sundry creditors account.
There is also evidence that loan repayments for a loan granted to Parmex Limited, originated
from the Sundry creditors account. There is no evidence where the funds came from or
whether these were indeed genuine loan repayments. It is possible that the sundry creditors
account has been used to conceal transactions between accounts. It is also possible that
cash may not have moved as recorded, or cash may not actually have moved into/ out of the
bank.
iv) Unusual loan accounts/transactions. In addition to the Parmex Limited loan transaction
discussed above, we have noted other examples, such as the Sailesh Prajapati account,
where loan accounts have been credited with amounts described as “loan proceeds” or
“transfers” from unexplained or unrelated accounts.
v) There are large inward and outward telegraphic transfers which are unsupported. These are
repatriation and receipt of funds to or from sources and purposes that we could not ascertain.
− Crucial Properties Limited – Shs 2 billion received in January 2001 and its subsequent
transfer from the receiving account;
− Kariuki Muigua Client Account – Shs 312 million received from Crucial Properties
Limited in February 2001. The funds were withdrawn within a week and paid to other
parties;
− Kingsway Tyres Limited – there were several large cash and telegraphic transfers in
September, October and November 2005.
vi) Some accounts were opened, operated and closed within an unusually short period of time
indicating that they were opened to facilitate specific transactions only;
vii) There were some unusually high “insurance premium” payments to an insurance company
overseas for individual endowment policies debited from the Kingsway Tyres account CA 01-
000795. The supporting documents showed some discrepancies;
viii) There were instances where an account holder used cheques issued in another account’s
name to transact business in his account. This was done by manually altering the account
name and number on the cheques. Most of the transactions done in this manner were
described as cash withdrawals;
ix) Withdrawals/ transactions were made contrary to or without appropriate account mandates;
x) There was a large number of accounts maintained in Kenya Shillings, but having foreign
currency transactions, that were closed in April 2004 and replaced by new accounts. The
instructions to close the old accounts and to open new ones were not made available;
xi) We noted a number of fixed deposit accounts with very unusual transactions. These were
fixed deposit accounts that had a history of debit balances. The debit balances would reverse
in due course through unusual entries and would eventually turn into credit balances.
i) Missing account opening forms - Contrary to the requirement that every new customer of the
bank completes a standard account opening form detailing information about the individual or
the entity, most accounts are not supported by either account opening forms or customer
instructions. Of the 1,004 accounts we sampled for review, there were no account opening
forms or customer instructions for 839 accounts (representing 217 relationships). These have
been summarised under Appendix I;
ii) Where the account opening forms were available, we noted numerous instances where the
information on the forms was incomplete. The forms require the customer to provide details
about the account to be opened. Once this form is reviewed, the appropriate bank official
signs it as an indication that the customer’s request has been accepted and an account can
be opened. Details missing included the following:
− Certificate of incorporation, memorandum and articles of association for corporate
customers;
− Trade licenses
− Resolutions of directors to open an account with Charterhouse Bank;
− Address verification documents such as utility bill, or bank statements;
We have summarised in Appendix II the accounts where these details were missing;
iii) The bank requires its new customers to obtain references from existing customers of the
bank. However, we noted instances where potential customers did not obtain such
introductions but instead a bank official noted “known to the bank” in that field. No bank
official has signed the form to confirm this on behalf of the bank;
iv) There were instances where appropriate bank officers had not approved the account opening
forms. We have summarised examples noted where the appropriate approvals are missing.
See Appendix II;
v) The KYC procedures require that copies of documents supplied be certified as “True copies
of the original”. We noted instances where copies had not been certified;
vi) We noted files where the credit history was not up to date. Examples are overdraft accounts
whose facilities have expired and there was no evidence of follow-up since there were no
recent correspondences between the bank and the customer;
The postal or physical addresses of the following customers from our sample were not recorded as
expected.
• That the customer does not obtain regular updates of the transactions in that account;
• The accounts may not be genuine. There is a possibility that the companies and individuals
mentioned above are not aware of the accounts above.
• The transactions processed in these accounts may be irregular and would call for further
investigations.
Our review revealed accounts as well as beneficiaries whose names appeared to be short forms.
Examples include the following:
• An account by the name CIL – whose directors were the same as those operating the
account of Creative Innovations Limited;
• A beneficiary by the name PIL receiving payments from Creative Innovations Limited;
• An account by the name D Shah (which may relate to accounts operated by Dilpun Shah);
Other than CIL, we were not provided with the account opening forms for the accounts above. We
were therefore not able to confirm other details of these accounts. There were some unusual
transactions in some of these accounts.
i) Corporate governance - The guidelines among other things, apply to the duties,
responsibilities and code of conduct for shareholders, directors, chief executive officers and
management of the bank. The code of conduct deals with outside financial interests by the
directors and insider loans as well as the required disclosures.
ii) Proceeds of crime and money laundering (prevention) - The guidelines deal with methods
of prudent customer identification, record keeping, identification of suspicious activities and
the need to report such activities to the appropriate authorities for further investigation. The
guidelines require that banks report any suspicious transactions to the CBK.
iii) Enforcement of banking laws and regulations; the guidelines deal with the supervisory role
of the CBK and the role of the board of directors in ensuring that laws are enforced and
weaknesses noted from CBK inspections are acted on.
iv) Foreign exchange transactions - The CBK guidelines require banks to maintain supporting
documents for all transactions above US$ 10,000 or equivalent, in addition to the
requirement that they report any transaction above US$ 50,000.
v) Prohibited business - This guideline applies to transactions by the bank including insider
lending limitations, single borrower limits, requirement to obtain security for any insider
lending, and prohibition of reckless and fraudulent activities.
Management made available to us the returns made to CBK in 2006. For these returns, we focused
on foreign currency transactions to ensure that transactions that required reporting to CBK were
appropriately reported. Our review has indicated evidence of non-compliance, especially for
transactions above the required reporting threshold of US$ 50,000, and in respect of maintaining
documents for transactions above US$ 10,000.
The table below shows details of some transactions which we traced to TT confirmations that were
not appropriately reported. For most, no appropriate supporting documents were made available for
our review. A number of these transactions were in cash and were not properly supported.
For remittances related to the Paolo Sattanino accounts, we noted that they were only supported by
electronic mails. See further work under 5.2.2.
From a review of a sample of customer instructions, we noted instances where single payments
were split into several telegraphic transfers. One such instance was through a letter dated 10
January 2005 from Creative Innovations Limited (See Appendix B) requesting the bank to make
transfers to various beneficiaries, among them Paolo Sattanino.
The instructions to pay Paolo Sattanino required the bank to remit US$ 90,000 and Euros 19,000 in
amounts of less than US$ 10,000 each over consecutive dates.
The table below illustrates some transfers split under instructions from Creative Innovations in
January 2005. We have traced the transfers to the accounts of Paolo Sattanino; CA 01-800145 and
CA 01-600006. The customer instructions appear unusual and may be aimed at ensuring that
reporting to CBK does not become necessary.
Euro
28-Jan-2005 Paolo Sattanino 6,325 CA 01-800145
31-Jan-2005 Paolo Sattanino 6,250 CA 01-800145
01-Feb-2005 Paolo Sattanino 6,425 CA 01-800145
Total 19,000
There were other foreign currency payments made out of Creative Innovations Limited account
number 01-000009. These payments also indicated possible splitting of amounts as there were
several remittances to a single beneficiary on the same date. We have summarised these in
Appendix III.
There were other payments of this nature to Paolo Sattanino from the Kingsway Mart Limited
account CA 01-000564.
Our review of lending to directors, their associates, and companies related to the directors revealed
breaches to the Banking Act. These breaches are summarised below:
• Lendings to Sanjay R Shah and companies associated with him as on 23 June 2006 stood at
40.5%, exceeding the 20% limit set out under the revised guidelines and under Section 11 of
the Banking Act;
• The disclosures made to CBK on lending to insiders were incomplete. Since these returns are
made by bank officials, the omissions would indicate either negligence or concealment.
The table below shows the lending to Sanjay Shah and associated entities. We have identified the
companies, other entities and individuals associated with him below:
Based on the above table, the bank has not complied with lending limits for insiders set by the
Banking Act and there may have been intentional withholding of necessary information from the
CBK.
We have included Appendix L showing the Insider lending disclosed to CBK as at 31 March 2006.
Prudential Guideline CBK/PG/02 3.5.2.7 and Section 11 of the Banking Act prohibit directors, chief
executive officers and management from granting any advances, loans or credit facilities which are
not fully secured to any of its officers, significant shareholders or their associates. We noted
instances where loans to officers and their associates were unsecured.
We reviewed documentation of 25 advances identified as relating to insiders and noted the following:
• We noted instances where advances and instalment agreements were not properly
documented. The amounts advanced, the instalments due as well as the guarantee
indemnities did not bear the names of the borrower, amounts borrowed and the instalments
due.
• There were no customer board resolutions for 13 corporate advances whereas for 7
advances, the board resolutions did not have key details such as the date of the resolution.
• 8 advances did not have any securities, whereas 15 advances did not indicate value of the
security;
• For 15 of the related party advances, the were no registered charges (legal charges) for the
securities provided;
Appendix IV summarises the results of tests carried out with regards to insider lending.
We have noted a number of unusual deposit accounts as discussed further under Section 5.11.1
which are associated with the directors and their families. These may need to be investigated further
to confirm that they exist and are accurate.
The table below summarises deposits by the directors of the bank and their families:
4.1.15.1.1 Accounts operated by the Kingsway group Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
Kingsway Tyres & Automart Limited, Kingsway Tyres Limited, Kingsway Motors Limited and
Kingsway Investments Limited are companies related through common directorships and common
shareholding. The companies have operated and still continue to operate numerous accounts with
CB.
The relatively low balances in these accounts as shown in the table below are in contrast to the high
turnover experienced within the accounts during the past few years.
The turnovers of three accounts which were sampled for detailed review are summarised below;
A/c no. Customer Name Type Debit turnover Date account Balance at
since opening was opened 23-Jun-06
of account Shs
01-000564 Kingsway Mart Limited CA 1,800,000,000 2-April-2004 Closed
01-000426 Kingsway Tyres Limited CA 2,943,610,545 6-May-2003 (51,644,749)
01-000012 Kingsway Tyres & Automart Ltd CA 3,923,881,639* Prior to 1999 36,720
* Turnover relates to the period from 1 January 1999 to 23 June 2006.
As noted in Section 5.5 of this report, our review of transactions in the three accounts above
indicated unusual transactions for which we recommend further investigation. In addition, further
investigations are recommended to establish whether a relationship exists between the level of
Nakumatt Holdings maintained three accounts as at 23 June 2006; a call deposit account, a US$
current account and a shilling current account. The shilling current account CA 01-000085 was the
most active.
The review of this account showed very substantial credits on a regular basis. We understood from
enquiry with management that the practice is for Nakumatt to deposit its collections into its Barclays
accounts and then transfer to CB those funds required to settle suppliers’ liabilities. We however
noted the following matters that appeared unusual and which require further investigation:
i) We noted that during the period between May 2003 and October 2003, an amount of Shs 3.6
million was transferred to the Prajapati account on a weekly basis. There were 22 such transfers
totalling Shs 79.2 million for which no supporting documentation was available as these were
said to have been destroyed in a fire in September 2004. The transfers have been summarised
in the table below:
iii) On 20 December 2005, a single debit transfer of Shs 120 million was made from the Sundry
Creditors account SC 01-600000 to the Nakumatt account CA 01-000085. On the same day,
another debit transfer of Shs 12 million was made. No support was provided for these
transactions. These are shown in the table below:
iv) We noted a cheque of Shs 6 million which was signed by one signatory contrary to the mandates
documented. The cheque used to make this withdrawal had alterations on its face that were not
counter-signed. The alterations related to blotting out the name of the account on the face of the
cheque as well as the account number and replacing them with Nakumatt details. We have
included a copy of this cheque as Appendix D.
v) There were regular payments to the Fresh an Juici account of Shs 6.5 million on a regular basis
for which we did not see any standing instructions. Between April 2005 and April 2006, Shs 286
million had been transferred in this manner.
We have classified these transactions as unusual and requiring further investigation as it is not clear
what the bases of the transactions are, or because we identified irregularities in the accounts to/
from where payments were made.
The company has an active current account whose directors include Manish and Manoj Shah who
are brothers to the bank’s managing director, Sanjay Shah. Other directors are Mehraz Ehsani and
Hamed Ehsani both of whom are also directors of the bank. The company is involved in property
business and other financial assets, and we understand it owns the Village Market Complex in Gigiri,
Nairobi.
There were several large or unusual transactions, in respect of which we were not provided with
appropriate supporting documents, as summarised below.
Documents provided showed that Lion Club of Ethiopia opened an account with the bank on 20 April
2004. As per the documents, the customer was introduced by Mr Manoj Shah. The following gaps
were identified:
• The documentation relating to the opening of the account was incomplete as there were no
resolutions by the trustees (or equivalent) of Lions Club of Ethiopia to open the account
• We noted a transfer of GBP 400 from this account to Miss Priyum Shah (National
Westminster Bank Plc), a daughter of Manoj Shah. See Appendix E for the details.
• We noted a payment of US$ 30,200 paid in cash to Helen Kadri Bandi - ID 13370468 on 19
May 2006. The payment instructions were not in the institution's letterhead but rather
comprised an invoice from Medisel (K) Ltd. On 15 June 2006, another US$ 10,000 was paid
to Eunice Wairimu Wambugu - ID 9256544 without instructions from Lion Club of Ethiopia.
We sampled a few transactions from the account to check whether they were properly supported:
We noted that the bank had customers who were making withdrawals in cash that we considered to
be high and/ or unusual. These transactions appeared to have no commercial substance as these
customers would deposit material sums described as cash deposits which would be followed by full
withdrawals on the same day.
• Some of the accounts operated almost entirely on a cash basis for both deposits and
withdrawals
• The accounts had very high activity on some particular days during which large sums of
money would be deposited and withdrawn
The table below shows some of the accounts that exhibited the above characteristics. There are
numerous other accounts with such transactions which are described in the following sub-sections.
During our review of customer accounts, we noted accounts that have similar patterns of
transactions.
Transactions in these accounts have pointed to payments of cash that ends up in either Paolo
Sattanino’s account or at Paramount Bank Limited. These payments are summarised as follows:
• The transactions in these accounts indicate that cash is paid from the Fones Direct & Phones
Direct accounts into Intra Market Trading. From this account, the cash is then transferred to
Cashline Forex Bureau. The bureau then makes a transfer to Paramount Bank Limited;
• Brand Imports, Triton Petroleum, and Panorama Imports make transfers to Cashline Forex
Bureau account before it is transferred to Paramount Bank Limited. Brand Imports also
makes transfers to the Capricorn account;
• Kingsway makes payments to Paul Mburu who then makes transfers to Cargo Distributors
who in turn makes a transfer to Paolo Sattanino. Kingsway also makes direct transfers into
the Paolo Sattanino account;
• Creative Innovations makes payments to both the Paolo Sattanino and the Capricorn
accounts;
Further investigations are required to understand why these funds are transferred and who the
ultimate beneficiaries are.
5.2.26.2.2 Paolo Sattanino CA 01-600006, 01-800145, 01-700154 and FX 01-400006, 01-400145, 01- Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
400154
Paolo Sattanino, based in Italy, is a customer of the bank who, over the years, has operated a
number of accounts at the bank. Paolo Sattanino’s account opening forms were not made available
for our review. We however noted that the accounts under this name received funds from other
customers of the bank. The account was credited on a regular basis with funds from various
customer accounts.
• A number of companies and individuals such as Creative Innovations Limited, Brand Imports
Limited, Aua Industria Limited and Suresh Shah regularly transfer funds to Paolo Sattanino
and Capricorn SRL accounts in lots of US$ 10,000 or Euro equivalent. Refer to Section 3.3
for examples with regards to transaction splitting.
• There was e-mail correspondence from Paolo Sattanino directing the bank to transfer money
through telegraphic transfers outside the country. The transfers were not supported by
relevant documentation as required for transfers whose value is above US$ 10,000. Refer to
Appendix VI for money transferred from Paolo Sattanino’s accounts.
• There are indications of possible account splitting to avoid providing documentation in support
of the transactions by ensuring that the values were at US$ 10,000 or less.
• For some of the sampled transactions in the Paolo Sattanino accounts, customer instructions
were not provided for our review. These have also been summarised in Appendix VI.
We have included some e-mail correspondences in respect of these accounts under Appendix F.
The deposit slips into these accounts appeared to share the same handwriting pointing to the
possibility that these accounts were being operated by one person or by a small group of people.
See Appendix G.
We have reviewed transactions in the accounts that appear related and have presented the
accounts graphically below:
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Odesys Enterprises is a sole proprietorship account that was opened by a Mr. Felix Odemba Nabuko
whose address was indicated as P.O. Box 25 Butere, Maramba, Shibembe. The account was
opened on 25 Aug 2005 and the account opening forms contain no details regarding his business.
The account opening forms indicate that Felix was introduced to the bank by an existing customer of
the bank, a Mr. Dilpun Shah. Our reviews revealed that Dilpun is a director of Brand Imports, Fones
Direct and Phones Express all of whom had accounts at the bank as at 23 June 2006.
Over the 10 months’ period to 23 June 2006, the account’s turnover was Shs 554,842,767 debits
and Shs 566,256,592 credits. The account also had significant cash deposits accompanied by
withdrawals of similar amounts on the same day. These transactions appear to have no commercial
rationale and are inconsistent with a business operating from Butere. The following matters were
noted:
• The turnover is high for a trader in Butere and the account needs to be investigated further for
tax compliance;
• A majority of the transactions are in cash which is unusual especially for a business in Butere,
in Western province where the bank has no branch operations;
• There were significant cash payments on particular dates, pointing to the possibility that the
account was being used for other purposes.
The table below shows a sample of some of the transactions recorded in the account showing cash
receipts and payments.
The bank maintains a sundry creditors account in its general ledger. A review of this account
indicates that it is used for various kinds of transactions. These include the following
• Call and fixed deposits, once matured are credited into this account before being paid out to
depositors;
• Upcountry cheques are also posted through this account until they clear at which point they
are posted into the customer account;
• Cash transfers from branches to the head office are also posted into this account
• We have also noted instances where transactions described as ‘cash withdrawal’ were traced
to this account pointing to the possibility that there were no actual cash withdrawals.
The first three transaction types above would be normal in a sundry creditors / clearing account,
where amounts are expected to clear within a short period. However, our concern is that this
account may be used to mask other transactions, in particular transfers between customer accounts.
From the above, we propose that any further investigation should also include a detailed review of
this account to establish the nature of transactions recorded in it.
The account was opened on 8 January 1999 and closed on 2 August 2004. There are no account
opening forms and there were no details of the mandates to operate the account within the banking
system. We were therefore unable to establish the background details relating to this account.
During this period, the account debit turnover was Shs 2.2 billion. We were also not able to establish
the signing mandates on the account because the transaction records were not made available.
i) Amounts debited into this account as ‘cash withdrawals’ were traced to the Sundry creditors
account No. 01-600000 in the general ledger. Cash may have never left the bank although
the entries in the account are described as if cash was paid out;
ii) Numerous transactions of exactly the same amounts. There were over 1,300 cash deposits of
Shs 1 million each out of 1,570 total credits during the period. Of the remaining credits, Shs
105 million was received from Nakumatt in 28 equal transactions of Shs 3.76 million each;
iii) Other unusual transactions were made of what was described as loan proceeds from other
accounts whose relationship with the Prajapati account we were not able to confirm.
iv) All the Shs 1 million deposits mentioned above were in cash, which is unusual for a trading
account.
v) The account has numerous credits described as cash receipts. Based on the ‘cash
withdrawals’ traced to the sundry creditors account, the ‘cash receipts’ may also not relate to
actual cash received.
The table below shows some of the credits into the account described as ‘loan proceeds’ and which
may require further investigations.
Transacting business in cash throughout the history of the account is considered unusual. We
recommend that further investigations are carried out.
The table below contains examples of such entries in the Sailesh Prajapati account as traced to the
sundry creditors’ account:
The company’s account opening forms indicated that the company was incorporated in England.
However, the mailing address was marked as PO Box 25172 Dubai, U.A.E c/o Parmar Gen Trading
Co. The details of the company’s introduction to the bank to facilitate the account opening were not
clear as the forms were simply marked ‘known to the bank’.
During August 2004, the company obtained a loan LN 01-300793 of Shs 23 million. This loan was
repaid within 2 months as per the details in the table below:
27-Aug-04 Loan proceeds 23,000,000 Advance file requested but not provided.
14-Oct-04 Instalment (4,000,000)
18-Oct-04 Instalment (4,000,000) We traced the debits in the Sundry creditors account
no. SC 01-600000. The credits in the sundry
21-Oct-04 Instalment (4,000,000)
creditors account have ‘cash received’ as the
25-Oct-04 Instalment (4,000,000) description. Both the debits and the credits were on
27-Oct-04 Instalment (4,000,000) the same day.
5-Nov-04 Instalment (3,282,030)
i) We traced the corresponding entries of the instalment repayments to the sundry creditors
account no. SC 01-600000. This is considered unusual since repayments would either be
cash/cheque deposits or transfers from another of the customer’s accounts.
ii) We traced the movement of the above instalments to the Kingsway Mart Limited account CA
01-000564 from where transfers were made to the Sundry creditors account SC 01-600000.
iii) The unusually speedy repayments of the loan raise queries as to the source of the cash since
loans are generally repaid over a longer period of time. This is especially so if taken in the
context of the credits coming from the sundry creditors account to clear the loan.
iv) The loan agreements and other correspondences with this customer were not made available
to us.
We have also noted that in August 2004, the Parmex current account CA 01-000193 received a
credit of Shs 23 million from the loan account LN 01-300793 discussed above. Within four days of
this receipt, Shs 22.7 million was debited from this account and described as ‘cash paid’. No
supporting documents were made available by the time of writing this report.
5.66.6 Large transactions and inward and outward telegraphic transfers which are Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
unsupported
We have reviewed the general ledger nostro accounts as well as those recorded in customer
account statements with a view of establishing the nature of large transactions recorded and
ascertaining whether large foreign currency transactions were reported to CBK. From this review, we
noted the following matters:
The board resolutions authorising the company to operate an account at CB was dated 24 April
2006. The resolution referred to A/C CA 01-000300 and CA 01-600067, which are accounts in the
name of Crucial Properties Limited. However, there was no mention of A/C FX 01-400067 and FX
01-400070 which were also in the name of the company, but have since been closed.
5.6.1.16.6.1.1 Crucial Properties Limited - A/C No. FX01-400067 Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
This account was opened and operated in 2001 during which period there was a large credit of Shs
1.9 billion. These funds were then transferred or paid out between January and May 2001. As at the
time of writing this report, supporting documents had not been made available for our review. The
details of these transactions have been captured in the table below:
Since no documentation was availed for these transactions, we could not verify the payments neither
could we confirm that these were reported to CBK. We understand that these documents were lost in
a fire in September 2004
5.6.1.26.6.1.2 Crucial Properties Limited A/C 2 – A/C FX 01-400070 Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
This account was opened in February 2001 and operated for 3 weeks after which it became dormant
until its closure in April 2004. The account received a single credit of Shs 390 million from account
Fx 01-400067 (see 5.6.1.1 above).
Within three days of receipt of this cash, Shs 312 million was transferred to a lawyer’s account,
Kariuki Muigua & Co Advocates Client Account 2. (see 5.6.2.2 below).
Since no documentation was availed for these transactions, we could not verify the payments neither
could we confirm that these were reported to CBK.
5.6.1.36.6.1.3 Crucial Properties Limited A/C 2 – A/C CA -01-000300 Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
This account was opened in February 2001 and turned dormant after May 2001. The credits into this
account seem to have originated from the Shs 1.9 billion account. The table below shows how the
cash was paid out to various parties.
Since no documentation was availed for these transactions, we could not verify the payments neither
could we confirm that these were reported to CBK.
We recommend further investigations of these transactions as they are large and unusual and we
could not obtain supporting documents for them.
5.6.1.46.6.1.4 Proceeds from drafts (Accounts FX 01-400087, FX 01-400086 & FX 01-400090) Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
As noted in the preceding paragraphs on the Crucial Properties Limited accounts, some significant
amounts were paid out of these accounts in the form of demand drafts, We did not obtain details of
who the beneficiaries were. However, we have noted that some new accounts were opened and
credited with amounts described as ‘proceeds of draft’ just about 6 months after the demand drafts
totalling Shs 1.4 billion were paid out of the Crucial Properties Limited account No. FX 01-400067.
We have summarised three such accounts that we identified in the table below. The entries in these
accounts are described as “proceeds from draft” and the amounts are almost equal to some of the
drafts issued against the Crucial Properties account.
• There are no supporting documents for the transactions as the documents are said to have
been lost in a fire of September 2004.
• These accounts were opened and closed within a short time indicating that they were
operated to achieve some particular purpose;
• The amounts are almost equivalent in value to some individual drafts paid out of the Crucial
Properties Limited account No. FX 01-400067 in May 2001,, although we have not been
able to match them due to lack of supporting documentation.
It is therefore possible that the payments to these accounts relate to the drafts issued out of the
Crucial Properties Limited account. We therefore recommend that these accounts be further
investigated and that other accounts opened and operated around November 2001 be included as
part of these investigations.
5.6.2.16.6.2.1 Kariuki Muigua & Co Advocates (Clients a/c) – CA 01-000563 Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
During the months of October and November 2005, this account was unusually active and received
huge credits described as cash.
Payments in Shs out of this account as per the customer account statement
Kwikfit Tyres Ltd 40,486,555 21,751,200 79,891,600 28,450,400
Kirkby Tyres Ltd 40,854,700 19,921,100 78,912,400 31,400,000
Yellowstone Ltd 14,465,850 22,720,700 61,306,000 18,175,500
5.6.2.26.6.2.2 Kariuki Muigua & Co Clients A/C No. 2 – A/C FX 01-400069 Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
This account was opened, operated and closed within 1 week in February 2001. The main
transaction related to a transfer of Shs 312 million from another account within the bank belonging to
Crucial Properties Limited A/C 2 (See Section 5.6.1.2 of the report above)
As shown above, the amounts received were then paid out within two days. No documentation was
availed in support of these transactions,See Further work in 5.6.2.3 below:
This account was opened on 6 August 1998 and is still in operation. We noted transactions on the
same day as those recorded in Section 5.6.2.2 above indicating that funds were withdrawn from
account FX 01-400069. These funds were credited into this account and details are as shown in the
table below:
Date Description DR/ (CR) Shs
12-Feb-01 Sale of USD 300,000 @ 77.80 from FX69 (23,340,000)
12-Feb-01 Sale of USD 300,000 @ 77.85 from FX69 (23,355,000)
12-Feb-01 Cash Withdrawal 7,515,000
12-Feb-01 B/Chq FVG Kariuki Muigua A/C 15,000,000
13-Feb-01 USD 3,400,000 @ Shs 77.50 (263,500,000)
13-Feb-01 Cash Withdrawal 18,125,000
13-Feb-01 B/Chq FVG Kariuki Muigua A/C (3531,3538,3532,3533) 128,000,000
13-Feb-01 B/Chq FVG G K Williams (3536 & 3537) 50,000,000
13-Feb-01 B/Chq FVG Crescent Constructions (3529 & 3530) 80,000,000
B/Chq FVG G K Williams (3661, 3658, 3666, 3663, 3664, 3660, 3665,
22-Feb-01 3659 & 3662)) 90,000,000
22-Feb-01 Cancelled B/Chqs 3531/2/3 (100,000,000)
• On 12 February 2001, Shs 46,695,000 was received into this account and Shs 22,515,000
was paid out. The following day, 13 February 2001, Shs 263,500,000 was received (equivalent
of US$ 3,400,000) and Shs 276,125,000 paid out;
• The payments noted above comprised the following: Shs 140 million was described as
payments to a GK Williams, Shs 80 million was described as paid to Crescent Constructions;
and Shs 128 million was shown as payments to Kariuki Muigua, out of which Shs 100 million
was reversed on 22 February 2001;
• The description in the Kariuki Muigua & Co Clients A/C No. 2 – A/C FX 01-400069 shows the
debits as if they were sale of currency. This could be misleading and may have been aimed at
concealing the actual transfer from one account to another. There may be a link with the
amounts transferred out of the Crucial Properties Limited account
• The funds that were credited into this account were paid out almost immediately through what
are described in the account as bankers cheques or cash withdrawals.
We recommend further investigations to establish the nature of these transactions, especially on the
two days above.
Our review of the deposits and advances of the bank showed that a significant portion of the
deposits and advances were to companies associated with the directors of the bank. One such
relationship is Kingsway Motors Limited whose managing director is Manoj Shah, a brother to the
bank’s managing director, Sanjay Shah. Manoj Shah is also a director of the bank.
The activities of the various accounts revealed some unusual transactions for which further
investigations are recommended. We have summarised some of the transactions that we considered
unusual.
This account had credit turnover of Shs1.8 billion since it was opened on 2 April 2004 to the time the
bank was placed under statutory management on 23 June 2006. A detailed review of the account
shows some high value transactions on certain days. A summary of some of these transactions is
shown below:
Transaction
Date value Shs Type Description
28-Sep-2005 64,393,000 Credit The credits were described as cash received.
26-Oct-2005 88,500,500 Credit The credits were described as cash received.
26-Oct-2005 80,480,000 Debit Shs 65,750,000 described as cash paid while Shs 14,730,000
was a cheque payment
10-Nov-2005 32,750,000 Debit Constituting four debits described as miscellaneous debits
each of Shs 8million.
11-Nov-2005 25,160,000 Credit The credits were described as cash received constituting two
credits of Shs 10 million and another for Shs 5 million.
11-Nov-2005 5,805,100 Debit Constituting one debit described as cash paid
26-Nov-2005 10,000,000 Credit A single credit described as cash received.
13-Dec-2005 8,000,000 Debit Constituting 2 debits described as cash paid, Shs 1million and
Shs 7 million.
14-Dec-2005 11,098,500 Debit Constituting one debit described as cash paid
16-Dec-2005 8,500,000 Credit A single credit described as cash received.
22-Dec-2005 14,500,000 Credit Constituting Shs 7,500,000 ‘cash received’ and the remainder
made of ‘transfers’.
23-Dec-2005 6,195,066 Debit Constituting 2 debits described as cash paid.
23-Dec-2005 15,000,000 Credit Shs 8.5 million described as ‘transfer’, the balance is
described as ‘Kirby Tyres, Shs 4.5 million; and Kwik Fit Tyres,
Shs 2 million.
29-Dec-2005 18,434,400 Credit A single credit described as transfer to K. Muigua.
The transactions above have been considered unusual due to the following:
• Some dates have high deposits and withdrawals such as 26 October 2005.
This account had credit turnover of Shs 2.9 billion since it was opened on 6 May 2003 to the time the
bank was placed under statutory management on 23 June 2006. A detailed review of the account
shows some high value transactions on certain days. A summary of some of these transactions is
shown below:
• There are transactions of almost similar amounts in another account belonging to Kariuki
Muigua & Co. Advocates. This indicates that the transactions described as cash may have
been transfers and not actual cash. See Section 5.6.2.1 for further details.
• The transactions are of very high value in nature and are around the same period (September
and October 2005).
5.6.3.36.6.3.3 Kingsway Tyres & Automart Limited – CA 01-000012 Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
This account was in operation prior to 1 January 1999. The debit turnover for the period 1 January
1999 to 23 June 2006 was Shs 3.9 billion analysed in the table below:
The table below shows some transactions that may have been split and therefore recorded as
separate transactions.
Transaction
Date Type Description
value Shs
27-Feb-2001 11,000,000 Debit Two entries of Shs 5 million and 6 million respectively
described as ‘reversal entry’. There were no corresponding
credits for these amounts in the month of February 2001.
28-Feb-2001 11,519,000 Debit Two entries of Shs 5,019,000 and 6.5 million respectively
described as ‘reversal entry’. There were no corresponding
credits for these amounts in the month of February 2001.
11-April-2001 8,314,697 Debit A single entry described as ‘cash withdrawal’
28-Dec-2001 12,000,000 Credit Constitutes of four cash deposits of Shs 4 million, Shs
3million (twice) and Shs 2 million.
07-Jan-2002 35,419,948 Debit A single entry described as transfer of $447,768+ charges
11-April-2002 13,870,593 Debit Two entries of Shs 6.4 million and 7.4 million respectively
described as cash withdrawal.
30-May-2002 13,800,000 Debit Two entries described as ‘cash withdrawal’ of
Shs 6.4 million and Shs 7.4 million.
02-Aug-2002 21,651,109 Debit A single entry described as transfer of ‘TT 2082405 $
274,621 @ 78.84
09-Oct-2002 8,394,180 Debit A single entry described as transfer of ‘US$ 105,701
Parmex’.
18-Dec-2002 28,000,000 Credit Constitutes of four cash deposits of Shs 10 million, Shs 7
million, Shs 6 million and Shs 5 million.
19-Dec-2002 21,900,000 Credit Constitutes of two entries described as ‘cash deposits’ of
The debit turnover levels above appear very high especially given that Kingsway held other accounts
at the bank during this period.
5.6.3.46.6.3.4 Kingsway Tyres Limited – University Way Branch A/C CA 01-700226 Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
Supporting documents for some large foreign currency transactions were not provided by the time of
writing this report. The transactions related to inward and outward telegraphic transfers (TTs) in the
Kingsway Tyres Limited account CA 01-700226. We have summarised in the table below the
transactions as identified from review of the Nostro accounts ledger statements, the daily transaction
journals as well as this Kingsway account.
From the review of this customer account, the following matters were noted:
• An inward TT of GBP 500,000 was received into this account on 25 October 2005;
• On 26 October 2005, there were outward TTs totalling to GBP 500,000. These appear to
have been misreported in the CBK returns, described as a payment by Triton although no
debit was traced to the Triton accounts held in the bank. The funds seem to relate to the TT
received the previous day but declared to CBK as Kingsway loan drawdown.
• On 8 November 2005, an amount of GBP 250,000 was received through the Canara Bank
and an equivalent amount was wired out 3 days later.
For these transactions, we could not confirm whether they had been reported to CBK since the
returns for these days were not made available.
CA 01-700226 25-Oct-05 Inward (500,000) The money came through Canara Bank, one of CB’s
TT FIT/614 correspondent banks. Since we were not provided with
the inward TT confirmation, we reviewed the
transaction through the daily activity journal.
5.6.46.6.4 American Express Bank, New York - Nostro A/C 01-610000 Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
In our review of transactions carried out by the bank through their correspondent banks, we identified
significant transfers into and out of these accounts. Our efforts to review these transactions were not
successful. This was due to the following:
• The internal documentation for 26 October 2005 during which a lot of large transactions took
place was not provided. The documents missing included the customer instructions, the
telegraphic transfers and the daily transaction journal for 26 October 2005,;
During the two days in October 2005, we also noted large transfers into and out of one of the
Kingsway Tyres Limited GBP account (See 5.6.3.4 for further details).
The table below shows transactions obtained from the American Express Bank Nostro account in
New York. Some dollar inflows on the 25 October 2005 appear to have been transferred out the
following day.
We recommend that further investigations be conducted to ensure that the foreign currency transfers
in the last quarter 2005 were appropriate and were reported to the CBK.
From our review of the Canara Bank account, we requested but did not obtain details of the sample
indicated in the table below.
Transaction
Date Description GBP Work Done
We were not provided with any documentation relating to
this transaction. From copies of returns made by the bank
26 Sep 2005 TTFX 1693 1,008,548
and obtained from CBK, Form CBK FXDP, this was a TT
by Triton Petroleum for payment of petroleum
We were not provided with any documentation relating to
this transaction.
29 Dec 2005 TTFX 1776 150,000 From copies of returns made by the bank and obtained
from CBK, Form CBK FXDP, this was described as a
payment to Fina Bank as an inter-bank sales
We were not provided with any documentation relating to
this transactions.
From copies of returns made by the bank and obtained
29 Dec 2005 TTFX 1772 230,000 from CBK, Form CBK FXDP, this was a described as a
payment to Fina Bank as an inter-bank sale.
This transaction was declared as part of the TTFX 1776
above and aggregated as GBP 380,000.
We cannot confirm that these transactions are regular and recommend that CBK reviews the returns
for the banks mentioned in these returns, Fina Bank Limited and Bank of Africa Limited to confirm
that the transactions were confirmed by the other banks.
5.76.7 Accounts opened, operated and closed within a short time Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
We noted that some accounts were opened and closed within a very short period. These accounts
appeared to be operated for a specific reason and would be closed immediately that purpose was
achieved. See table below for accounts of this nature.
We requested for the instructions by the customer to close these accounts but none were made
available to us. The transactions processed in the short period during which the accounts existed are
unusual and we recommend further investigations. See also Section 5.10 for other examples of
accounts operated for a short period.
We noted that there were significant transfers of foreign currency from the Kingsway accounts which
were described as settlement of insurance premiums for the directors and their families. The
documents used to process these payments did not appear to be from the insurance company as we
noted the following:
• The amounts being transferred do not agree with the premium documents supporting the
payments in respect to the premium payable.
• The name of the insurance company was written in short form on what should be official
documents;
• The premium documents were not on the letterhead of the insurance company;
5.96.9 Accounts operated outside their mandates Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
We noted that some accounts were operated without proper mandates. Instances were noted where
instructions were received from individuals other than those who are recorded in the system as the
proper signatories and there were no records indicating that the persons giving the instructions had
any relations to those accounts.
A review of the daily transaction journals showed that on 25 May 2006, Shs 2 million was paid out to
Monia Posti from the account of Italian Styles Limited (A/C 01-000249). The support for this
transaction was an e-mail correspondence from the CB Mega branch manager to the Operations
manager indicating that the amount had been paid out in cash. This indicates that the account
mandates were ignored and there is no evidence that the customer actually received the cash.
We have, during the course of our investigations come across numerous cheques whose details
have been altered on the face without being counter-signed. The changes made on the cheques had
the potential impact of making the cheques invalid. However, all these changes were accepted by
the bank and the transactions processed through the customer accounts. The alterations made
related to ‘blacking out’ the name of the drawer and replacing it with another hand-written name.
Once the details of the drawer have been altered, the account number of the customer would also be
blacked out and the new account number handwritten. We consider these alterations irregular.
120533 Deleted on the face Daewoo Motors Kingsway Mart Limited. CA – 795.
of the cheque International Limited Amount of Shs 2,000.
01-000482 Instructions on the cheque are to ‘pay
cash’.
004617 Deleted on the face Ketty Tours Travel & Cheque issued by Hon. Ndambuki to
of the cheque Safaris Limited self and signed by himself.
01-000482 Amount of Shs 350,000
004611 Deleted on the face Ketty Tours Travel & Cheque issued by Hon. Ndambuki to
of the cheque Safaris Limited self and signed by himself.
01-000482 Amount of Shs 100,000 paid as cash.
The cheque was not signed. On the
Other examples where we could not identify the original cheque number are as below;
Dated New owner/ A/c no. Former A/c Name Shs Payee
28-Jul-05 Yellowstone Enterprises/CA 412 Dobbin Enterprises 143,613 Cash
28-Jul-05 Sounion Enterprises/ CA 566 Dobbin Enterprises 450,000 Aum Apparels
31-Dec-04 Creative Innovations Ltd/CA 206 Pacific Ace Ltd 200,000 Cash
31-Dec-04 Mbwanji Millers/CA 367 Pacific Ace Ltd 190,000 Cash
31-Dec-04 Gideon Ndambuki/ CA 384 Pacific Ace Ltd 70,000 Self
31-Dec-04 Parker Radio Hse/ CA 624 Pacific Ace Ltd 214,450 Cash
25-Feb-05 Kingway Mart/ CA 564 B S Mohindra & Co 7,000,300 Cash
12-Oct-04 William K. Gitau/ CA 44 Sunmatt Ltd 1,000,000 Esther N. Gitau
30-Jul-04 Kustron (K) Ltd/CA 131 CA 1309 600,000 Cash
The bank maintained various types of accounts. Once such account type related to accounts
denoted as FX 01-4xxxxx. As of 23 June 2006, there were no accounts denoted in this manner. Our
review revealed the following peculiarities in the way these accounts were operated:
• From the samples reviewed, the accounts denoted FX 01-4xxxxx existing as at 1 April 2004
were all closed on that date;
• These accounts were reported in Kenya Shillings but the transactions were recorded in
various foreign currencies;
• There were revaluation gains/ losses posted into these accounts periodically;
Account name Account No. Turnover in Shs Date of opening Date of closure
Paolo Sattanino 01-400145 28,705,103 16-Dec-2003 01-Aprl-2004
Paolo Sattanino 01-400006 68,819,192 31-Mar-1999 01-Aprl-2004
Paolo Sattanino 01-400154 23,456 9-Mar-2004 01-Aprl-2004
Capricon SRL 01-400093 53,230,397 29-Jan-2002 31-Dec-2003
Capricon SRL 01-400098 136,961,850 25-Feb-2002 31-Dec-2003
Maniben Meghji Shah 01-400091 1,659,137 28-Dec-2001 28-Jan-2002
Triton Petroleum Ltd 01-400092 867,624,417 29-Dec-2001 01-Aprl-2004
Anjum Chaudry 01-400108 28,992,622 29-Aug-2002 01-Aprl-2004
Kenya Catermart Ltd 01-400142 14,095,678 16-Sep-2003 01-Aprl-2004
Jitendra Shah & Mrs Surbhi
01-400158 1,570,000 23-Mar-2004 01-Aprl-2004
Shah
Amar J Shah 01-400159 1,552,000 30-Mar-2004 01-Aprl-2004
Mrs Surbhi Shah 01-400160 1,552,000 30-Mar-2004 01-Aprl-2004
Amar J Shah 01-400161 1,552,000 30-Mar-2004 01-Aprl-2004
Mrs Surbhi Shah 01-400162 1,552,000 30-Mar-2004 01-Aprl-2004
Wellen International Ltd 01-400087 69,389,310 07-Nov-2001 08-Nov-2001
Wellen International Ltd 01-400090 160,172,353 10-Dec-2001 21-Jul-2003
Wallance Holdings Limited 01-400086 54,572,546 07-Nov-2001 08-Nov-2001
P.I.V.B 01-400073 44,995,737 24-Apr-2001 25-Jun-2001
Hamed & Mehraz Ehsani 01-400024 6,223,560 10-Oct-1999 01-Apr-2004
Africa Spirit Limited 01-400157 12,327,562 01-Mar-2004 02-Apr-2004
Newcall Technologies Ltd 01-400001 51,251,171 31-Mar-1999 16-Apr-2003
J D J Malde 01-400030 5,473,175 04-Feb-2000 10-Mar-2000
J D J Malde 01-400031 51,652,714 16-Feb-2000 25-Sep-2001
Nakumatt Investments 01-400046 87,415,000 12-Jun-2000 27-Jul-2000
Mr & Mrs Nathwani 01-400060 34,732,000 27-Sep-2000 13-Oct-2000
Mr & Mrs Nathwani 01-400062 3,697,500 05-Oct-2000 13-Oct-2000
Mr & Mrs Nathwani 01-400063 39,936,919 13-Oct-2000 23-Jan-2001
5.126.12 Matters noted on review of fixed and call deposits Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
5.12.16.12.1 Fixed deposit accounts with debit balances Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
A review of the history of the bank’s fixed deposit accounts indicates that the running balances of
some of the accounts were in debit, which is unusual. We also noted that the roll-over details of the
deposits appeared unusual since the entire deposits were being credited to the account repeatedly
without being retired. It is not clear whether cash was actually received each time the account was
credited. Interest was being credited to these accounts even where their status was in debit.
These unusual scenarios point to the possibility that the deposits may be inaccurate, incomplete, or
may not actually exist. It is also possible that such debit balances may have been created to facilitate
payments to other accounts or out of the bank. The accounts having this peculiarity mainly relate to
directors of the bank and other related companies.
We have summarised some of the accounts which operated as debit balances below. Most of these
accounts were eventually turned into credit balances by 23 June 2006.
• Why the opening balances were in debit and when these debit balances arose;
• Why the accounts showed repetitive deposits renewals without the maturing deposits being
retired;
• Why, unlike other fixed deposit accounts where a new account is created to facilitate a
rollover of a matured deposit, no new accounts were opened for these accounts.
Type of
A/c no. Customer Name Comment
Account
FD 01-300007 Dalbit Petroleum Limited Closed in September 2004
FD 01-300008 Dalbit Petroleum Limited Closed in April 2005
CD 01-207181 Creative Innovations Limited Closed in October 2005
FD 01-300006 Antony A Kegode No interest since August 2004
CD 01-206954 Anandi Vipin Shah No interest since March 2005
No interest has been credited since
CD 01-206955 Anandi Vipin Shah
March 2005
During our review of the accounts operated by Creative Innovations at CB, we have noted the
matters below which may require further investigation:
• We noted possible splitting of accounts where there were several foreign currency payments
made to PIL K Limited; See Appendix III;
The Creative Innovations account receives most of its credits from the Nakumatt Holdings account
CA 01-000085. In 2003, over Shs 136 million was received while Shs 212 million was received in
2004 and Shs 641 million between 1 January 2005 and 23 June 2006.
Nakumatt’s involvement with Creative Innovations and ultimately Paolo Sattanino, whose
transactions appear unusual / irregular, needs to be investigated.
6.27.2 Abdul Qadir Alladina and Mohammed Yusuf – CA 07-600807 Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
In February 2006, a US dollar account was opened by Mr Abdul Quadir Alladina and Mr Mohamed
Yusuf. The account opening forms indicated the account holders were pensioners, There was an
inward telegraphic transfer (TT) of USD 187,392 on 06 March 2006. The TT reference was 167.
On 6 April 2006, a TT (Ref: TTFX 664) of USD 185,000 was transferred through the Amex Nostro
A/C to Deutsche Bank Trust Company for the credit of Paramount Universal Bank. The further credit
was for Mr Alladina Abdul Quadir, Paramount Bank Westlands Branch. See Appendix K.
There have been very few other transactions in this account subsequently. We recommend further
investigations to establish the nature of these transactions.
Further examples of such transactions have been included under Section 5. We recommend that
further investigations be carried out to establish the nature of these transactions.
6.47.4 Triton Petroleum Company Limited A/C no. 01-000352 Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
We noted various large transfers to Sonal Devani’s accounts (various fixed deposits) from the Triton
Petroleum account. We requested for but were not provided with the account opening forms for the
Sonal Devani accounts for our review. We also noted that there were no picture and signature
images of the customer in the bank’s core operating system Equinox.
For the fixed deposits, we did not obtain any evidence that these were supported by authorisation
from the customer. We have listed some of these transfers below:
We recommend that further investigations be carried out on the nature and authenticity of
transactions in this account.
6.57.5 Accounts with no entry since their opening Formatted: Bullets and Numbering
We noted accounts which reflect no transactions’ history since they were opened. We have
summarised in the table below some of these accounts
• The accounts above include fixed deposits, which should only be opened once the bank has
received a customer deposit receipt. Other accounts are of type FX which have been found to
be unusual as discussed under Section 5.
• We were not provided with the customer instructions for the opening of these accounts;
• The accounts are in the names of accounts that have been identified for other unusual
transactions;
Hotel Sirikwa Out of a cheque of over ksh. 52 million,, in favour of Hotel Sirikwa, a
subject of a court order, ksh. 40 million was hurriedly paid with the
assistance of the bank even before it was cleared, despite the bank
having been served with the court order.
. GBP 400 was transferred from this account to Miss Priyum Shah
(National Westminster Bank Plc), a daughter of Manoj Shah
. US$ 30,200 was paid from this account in cash to Helen Kadri Bandi -
ID 13370468 on 19 May 2006. The payment instructions were not in
the institution's letterhead but rather comprised an invoice from
Medisel (K) Ltd. On 15 June 2006, another US$ 10,000 was paid to
Eunice Wairimu Wambugu - ID 9256544 without instructions from Lion
Club of Ethiopia.
. A payment of $ 100,000 from the account to pay Medisel (K) Ltd made
against an invoice addressed to Manoj and Ms. Zahida c/o Kingsseay
Tyres & Automart.
Mehraz Ehasani – Letters originating from Mehraz Ehsani to funds against the account
Religious Account executed by one, Janice A. Duchac
Payments for Transfers of foreign currency from the Kingsway accounts which were
Insurance Premiums described as settlement of insurance premiums for the directors and
their families. The amounts transferred did not agree with the premium
documents supporting the payments in respect to the premiums
payable.
Accounts operated Instances were noted where instructions were received from individuals
without proper other than those who are recorded in the system as signatories to the
mandates accounts.
De-Faced Cheques Numerous cheques which, despite being materially de-faced, were
processed, passed, and their monetary transactions posted to
completion. The de-facing entailed “blocking out” the name of the
drawer of the cheque and the account number and replacing the same
with new hand-written names and numbers. Most of the transactions
involving de-faced cheques related to unusual transactions majority
Triton Petroleum Various large transfers made to personal accounts of one, Sonal
Company Limited A/C Devani’s (various fixed deposits) from the Triton Petroleum account
no. 01-000352 without appropriate authority, There were no account opening forms for
the Sonal Devani accounts.
Instructions to debit There were several e-mail instructions from Paolo Sattanino to debit
unrelated accounts other unrelated clients accounts and to transfer funds to himself.
Sundry Creditors . The bank maintained a sundry creditors account in its general ledger
Account which was used for various kinds of transactions including processing
payments to and from customers’ accounts. Some of these unusual
transactions include the following:
The diagram below is a presentation of off-shore companies, the off-shore trust, the trustees, and
beneficiaries.
RAM TRUST
Beneficiaries
BENEFICIARIES
• Sanjay Shah & family – 33⅓%
• Manoj Shah & family – 33⅓%
• Manish Shah & family – 33⅓%
It is therefore noted that through the beneficial ownership of the Rum Trust, the Shah family
owns over 54% of Charterhouse Bank Limited, with Sanjay Shah owning 25.36% of total capital,
in violation of Banking Act Section 13 (1) which restricts ownership by a party to a maximum of
25%.
APPENDIX 7
PARTICULARS OF DIRCTORSHIP AS REPORTED BY THE BANK
BANKING ACT SECTION 50 (1)
• HAMECO LIMITED
02.09.2005 PAYMENT $320,000 Other records obtained from investigations show that
amount was remitted to Barclays Bank PLC London
(TTFX0951) for the account of Parmex Limited – Dollar
Account No. 77681744. Only $ 175,000 was reported.
No documentation to support this transaction.
26.09.2005 PAYMENT $1,340,000 Other records obtained from investigations show that
amount was remitted to American Express Bank
Limited, Singapore, (TTFX1063) for the account of
Sanjay Shah & Others – Account No. 63413, but
misreported as a payment for Triton Petroleum Co. Ltd
for loan repayment. No documentation to support this
transaction.
26.09.2005 PAYMENT $ 961,274.17 Other records obtained from investigations show that
amount was remitted to ABN AMRO BANK, N.V.
(TTFX1051) for the account of Parmex Limited, but
misreported as a payment for Triton Petroleum Co. Ltd
for loan repayment. No documentation to support this
transaction.
26.09.2005 PAYMENT $ 872,259.57 Other records obtained from investigations show that
amount was remitted to ABN AMRO BANK, N.V.
(TTFX1047) for the account of Parmex Limited, but
misreported as a payment for Triton Petroleum Co. Ltd
for loan repayment. No documentation to support this
transaction.
26.10.2005 PAYMENT £100,000 Other records show that amount was transferred
through HSBC-London and remitted to SG Hambros
Bank and Trust Ltd: Beneficiary being Epson Holdings
Corporation, of Account No. 13464300, value date
27.10.2005(TTFX1716). No documentation to support
the underlying transaction.
26.10.2005 PAYMENT $ 60,000 Other records show that amount was remitted to
Unicredit Banca, Italy (TTFX1191) for account of
Tradex S.R.L. Account No. 10166523, being loan from
Charterhouse Bank but no such loan is booked at the
bank and no documentation to support the transaction.
26.10.2005 PAYMENT $140,000 Other records show that amount was remitted to
Barclays Bank PLC, London (TTFX1192) for the
account of Parmex Limited - US Dollar Account No.
77681744, No documentation to support the
transaction.
26.10.2005 PAYMENT £250,000 Other records obtained from investigations show that
amount was remitted to Barclays Bank PLC London
(TTFX1715) for the account of Parmex Limited –
Sterling Account No. 13251934. No documentation to
support this transaction.
26.10.2005 PAYMENT £150,000 Other records obtained from investigations show that
amount was remitted to CitiBank PBG London
(TTFX1717) for the Loan Account No. 305723/001,
beneficiary being Sanjay Shah.
11.11.2005 PAYMENT £250,000 Other records show that amount was remitted to Citi
Bank – London for crediting Sanjay Shah’s loan
Account No. 305723/001, value date
14.11.2005(TTFX1734).No documentation to support
the underlying transaction.
15.11.2005 RECEIPT $749,965.00 Other records show that amount was received via
CitiBank, NA for the account of Themis Investment Ltd
– relating to the procurement of ammunition for Malawi
Defence Force. No documentation to support the
underlying transaction.
th
22.01.2001 to VARIOUS $24,998,785 On 19 Jan. 2001 Crucial Properties Limited received
11.05.2001 PAYMENTS the amount from Temuco Foundation and paid out
various parties in varied amounts, eg $18.578m was
paid as Demand Drafts; $,4.0m was paid to Kariuki
Muigua; about $1.8m was sold to cash and transferred
to various parties.
06.02.2001 RECIPTS $4,000,000 Kariuki Muigua received the amount and paid out
various parties including: GK Williams (Shs 140m);
Crescent Construction (Shs 80m); Kariuki Muigua
(bankers cheques of Shs 143 m-out of which Shs 100
million was reversed on 22 February 2001);
07.11.2001& RECEIPTS Demand Wellen International Ltd received in account no. 01-
10.12.2001 Drafts 400087 proceeds of demand drafts equivalent of sh.
Sh.229.5m. 69,389,310; and in account no. 01-400090 equivalent
sh. 160,172,353.
07.11.2001 RECEIPTS Demand Wallance Holdings Limited received in account no. 01-
Drafts 400086 proceeds of demand drafts equivalent of sh.
Sh.54.5m. 54,572,546.
APPENDIX10
SPLITTING OF FOREING RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS TO CIRCUMVENT
The table below illustrates some transfers split under instructions from Creative Innovations in January
2005. These were traced to the accounts of Paolo Sattanino; CA 01-800145 and CA 01-600006.
Euro
28-Jan-2005 Paolo Sattanino 6,325 CA 01-800145
31-Jan-2005 Paolo Sattanino 6,250 CA 01-800145
01-Feb-2005 Paolo Sattanino 6,425 CA 01-800145
Total 19,000
There were other payments of this nature to Paolo Sattanino from the Kingsway Mart Limited
account CA 01-000564.
The transactions listed below show multiple remittances to a single recipient within a day.
21-Jun-
2006 303,138 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd – USD 4,102@73
21-Jun-
2006 976,578 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd – USD 13,197@74
21-Aug-
2003 446,866 ttfx0308678 remitted to Capricorn
Date Amount Shs Transaction details as shown in the bank statement
21-Aug-
2003 455,418 ttfx03080677 remitted to Capricorn
14-Apr-
2005 158,639 USD DD issued fvg PIL K Ltd for 2071/-@76/6
14-Apr-
2005 329,533 USD DD issued fvg PIL K Ltd for 4302/-@76/6
14-Apr-
2005 838,464 USD DD ssued fvg PIL K Ltd for 10946/-@76/6
14-Apr-
2005 1,021,078 USD DD ssued fvg PIL K Ltd for 13330/-@76/6
14-Apr-
2005 1,021,078 USD DD ssued fvg PIL K Ltd for 13330/-@76/6
14-Apr-
2005 1,670,799 USD DD ssued fvg PIL K Ltd for 21812/-@76/6
11-Oct-
2005 353,572 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd – USD 4,778 @ 74.00
11-Oct-
2005 397,972 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd – USD 5,378 @ 74.00
11-Oct-
2005 629,444 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd – USD 8,506 @ 74.00
11-Oct-
2005 747,844 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd – USD 10,106 @ 74.00
19-Oct-
2005 318,283 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd –USD 4,278.00 @ 74.40
19-Oct-
2005 355,483 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd –USD 4,778.00 @ 74.40
19-Oct-
2005 355,483 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd –USD 4,778.00 @ 74.40
28-Oct-
2005 673,844 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd – USD 9,106.00 @ 74.00
28-Oct-
2005 703,444 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd – USD 9,506.00 @ 74.00
28-Oct-
2005 718,244 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd – USD 9,706.00 @ 74.00
14-Dec-
2005 202,242 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd –USD 2,733.00 @ 74.00
14-Dec-
2005 373,404 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd –USD 5,046.00 @ 74.00
14-Dec-
2005 391,164 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd –USD 5,286.00 @ 74.00
19-Dec-
2005 357,216 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 4,880.00 @ 73.20
19-Dec-
2005 359,412 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 4,910.00 @ 73.20
19-Dec-
2005 637,572 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 8,710.00 @ 73.20
19-Dec-
2005 710,772 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 9,710.00 @ 73.20
20-Dec-
2005 11,380 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 156.00 @ 72.95
20-Dec-
2005 540,195 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 7,405.00 @ 72.95
11-Jan-
2006 81,365 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 1,104.00 @ 73.70
11-Jan-
2006 705,917 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 9,710.00 @ 72.70
Date Amount Shs Transaction details as shown in the bank statement
16-Jan-
2006 356,466 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 4,910.00 @ 72.60
16-Jan-
2006 364,307 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 5,018.00 @ 72.60
16-Jan-
2006 364,307 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 5,018.00 @ 72.60
20-Jan-
2006 318,843 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 4,410.00 @ 72.30
20-Jan-
2006 354,993 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 4,910.00 @ 72.30
20-Jan-
2006 364,537 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 5,042.00 @ 72.30
26-Jan-
2006 313,635 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd USD 4,350.00 @ 72.10
26-Jan-
2006 354,011 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd USD 4,91000 @ 72.10
26-Jan-
2006 702,254 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd USD 9,740.00 @ 72.10
24-Mar-
2006 163,205 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 2,248.00 @ 72.60
24-Mar-
2006 270,153 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 3,716.00 @ 72.70
24-Mar-
2006 314,791 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 4,330.00 @ 72.70
24-Mar-
2006 371,267 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 5,128.00 @ 72.40
13-Apr-
2006 151,723 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 2,122.00 @ 71.50
13-Apr-
2006 869,583 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 12,162.00 @ 71.50
12-Jun-
2006 559,472 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 7,664.00 @ 73.00
Date Amount Shs Transaction details as shown in the bank statement
12-Jun-
2006 607,536 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 8,294.00 @ 73.25
21-Jun-
2006 2,223 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd -USD 30.00 @ 74.10
21-Jun-
2006 303,138 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd - USD 4,102.00 @ 73.90
21-Jun-
2006 976,578 tt fng PIL (K) Ltd -USD 13,197.00 @ 74.00
16-Feb-
2004 768,000 transfer to a/c paolo
17-Feb-
2004 766,500 transfer to a/c of paolo
15-Apr-
2004 466,000 transfer to paolo
19-Apr-
2004 470,000 transfer to paolo
22-Apr-
2004 465,000 transfer to Euro a/c of paolo
23-Apr-
2004 467,500 transfer to paolo
27-Apr-
2004 672,979 transfer to Euro a/c of paolo
APPENDIX11
IRREGULAR FOREIGN LOANS TO PARMEX LIMITED AND TRADEX SRL
GUIDELINES ON FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS-SECTION 5.2
In August 2004, Parmex Limited obtained a loan LN 01-300793 of Shs 23 million. This loan was repaid
within 2 months as per the details in the table below:
Date Transaction Shs Remarks
27-Aug- Loan proceeds 23,000,000 Advance file not in place –no documentation in
04 relation to this credit faci
14-Oct- Instalment (4,000,000)
04 Debits originated from Sundry creditors account
18-Oct- Instalment (4,000,000) no. SC 01-600000. The credits in the sundry
04 creditors account have ‘cash received’ as the
21-Oct- Instalment (4,000,000) description. Both the debits and the credits were
04 on the same day.
25-Oct- Instalment (4,000,000)
04
27-Oct- Instalment (4,000,000)
04
5-Nov-04 Instalment (3,282,030)
−
It was also noted that in August 2004, the Parmex current account CA 01-000193 received a
credit of Shs 23 million from the loan account LN 01-300793 discussed above. Within four days
of this receipt, Shs 22.7 million was debited from this account and described as ‘cash paid’. No
supporting documents were made available.
−
Account Title Number of Accounts by Type
Type of Account CA CD FD HPA LBD LN SB Total
A.K Patel Mr 1 - - - - - - 1
Aakshi Sanjay Shah - - 1 - - - 1 2
Aarav Kamal Shah - - 1 - - - - 1
Aarjaa Manish Shah - - 2 - - - 1 3
Aashit Ramesh Shah - - 4 - - - - 4
Aashni & Aakshi Shah - - - - - - 1 1
Aashni Sanjay Shah - - 1 - - - 1 2
Abbas Ehsani - - 6 - - - - 6
Amal Manish Shah - - 2 - - - - 2
Amip Rajendra. Patel & Mr. Rajendra.J. Patel - - 4 - - - - 4
Anaita N Shah - - 1 - - - 1 2
Anandi Vipin Shah - 2 - - - - - 2
Anay Kamal Shah - - 1 - - - - 1
Ankoor Shah - - 1 - - - 2 3
Anthony J. Rodrigues - - 4 - - - - 4
Antony A. Kegode - - 1 - - - - 1
Ashok & Subhash J. Nagda - - - - - - 1 1
Ashok K.K.Gosar & Rashila A.Shah - - - - - - 1 1
Ashok Kapoor & Geeta Ashok K. - - - - - - 1 1
Astral Aviation Ltd - - - - 4 - - 4
Atul Shah & Harsha Shah - - 2 - - - - 2
Atulkumar M Shah 1 - - - - - - 1
Awal Limited - 1 - - - - - 1
Azhar Chaudry - - - - - 2 - 2
Beatrice Sabana - - 1 - - - - 1
Bharat J Shah - - 6 - - - - 6
Brand House Limited 1 - - - - - - 1
Brand Imports Limited - 4 2 - 8 - - 14
Chandulal D Shah & Kunden C Shah - - 2 - - - - 2
Chandulal D. Shah & Paniben D. Shah - - 3 - - - - 3
Consolidated Asphalts Ltd - - - - - 1 - 1
Converters East Africa Ltd - - - - - 2 - 2
Creative Innovations Limited - - - - 4 - - 4
Crucial Properties Ltd Ac1 1 - - - - - - 1
Crucial Properties Ltd(Usd) A/C 2 1 - - - - - - 1
Crucial Properties Ltd-Ksh A/C 2 1 - - - - - - 1
Dalbit Investments Ltd 2 - - - - - - 2
Dalbit Petroleum Ltd 1 4 - - - - - 5
Account Title Number of Accounts by Type
Type of Account CA CD FD HPA LBD LN SB Total
Dimken (K) Ltd 1 - 1 - - - - 2
Discount Cash & Carry - 2 - - - 8 - 10
East African Safari Air - - - - - 1 - 1
Esther Njeri Gitau - 1 - - - - 1 2
F. W Ngatia 2 - - - - - - 2
F.W. Ngatia - - 5 - - - - 5
G.K. Shah - - 21 - - - - 21
Gikandi & Co. Advocates - - - - - 1 - 1
Hamed & Mehraz Ehsani 1 - 5 - - - - 6
Hamed Ehsani - - 1 - - - - 1
Hamed Ehsani & S,R, Shah 1 - - - - - - 1
Hamed Ehsani Uri Account - - 2 - - - - 2
Hans Apparel Ltd - - - - 53 - - 53
Harun International Limited 1 - - - - - - 1
Hinal Ashok Shah - 3 - - - - - 3
Image Motors (K) Ltd - - - - 5 - - 5
J. Shah & B. Chager, P.S. Sehmi, A. Chou 1 - - - - - - 1
J.R. Shah,M.R. Shah & N.Nathwani - 1 - - - - - 1
J.V Barot & Mrs M.J. Barot - - 5 - - - - 5
Jaleh Ehsani Farokhy - - 2 - - - - 2
Jamachar (Kenya) Ltd - - - - - 2 - 2
James Kariuki - - - 2 - - - 2
Jayna Manoj Shah & Manoj R. Shah - 1 3 - - - - 4
John & Anna Ndambuki 1 - - - - - - 1
John Harun 1 - 1 - - - - 2
John Harun Limited - - 1 - - - - 1
Kamal R Shah - - 3 - - - - 3
Kamlesh V Sanghrajka 1 - - - - - - 1
Kariuki Muigua & Co., Clients A/C 1 - - - - - - 1
Kariuki Muigua & Co.-Office A/C 1 - - - - - - 1
Kariuki Muigua David - - - 1 - - - 1
Kasturi Limited 1 - - 3 - 1 - 5
Kempaper Ltd - - - - - 1 - 1
Kenya Hotels Limited 1 - - 1 6 - - 8
Ketan M Shah &/Or Naimisha Shah 1 - - - - - - 1
Ketty Tours Travels & Safaris Ltd 1 - - 1 - - - 2
Kings Chemists Ltd 1 - - - - - - 1
Kingsgate Enterprises Ltd 1 - - - - - - 1
Kingsway Motors (K) Ltd - - 1 - - - - 1
Kingsway Properties Ltd 1 - - - - - - 1
Kingsway Tyre & Automart Ltd - - 2 - - - - 2
Kingsway Tyres Limited – Eldoret 1 - - - - - - 1
Kingsway Tyres Ltd- Recovery A/C 1 - - - - - - 1
Kingsway Tyres Ltd(University Way) 1 - - - - - - 1
Kingsway Tyres Ltd-University Way Branch - - - - - 1 - 1
Kipkorir Titoo & Kiara Advo. 1 - - - - - - 1
Account Title Number of Accounts by Type
Type of Account CA CD FD HPA LBD LN SB Total
Kirit N & Mrs. Anjana Patel - - - - - 1 - 1
Laloui & Mosleh Yazdi - - 2 - - - 1 3
Laser Creations 1 - - - - 2 - 3
Leila Ehsani - - 1 - - - - 1
Lions Club Greater Nairobi - - 4 - - - - 4
Lucy W Mwangi - - 1 - - - - 1
M. R. & S. R. Shah 1 - 8 - - - - 9
Magnolia - 9 - - - - - 9
Manish R Shah - - 1 - - - 1 2
Manjunath W Prabhu - - - - - - 1 1
Manoj R Shah - - 5 - - - - 5
Manoj R. Shah 1 - - - - - - 1
Manoj R. Shah Lions A/C - - 9 - - - - 9
Market Masters Ltd - 2 - - - - - 2
Market Masters Ltd – Electricity 1 - - - - - - 1
Masters Kenya Limited - - - - 2 - - 2
Mayfair Insurance Co. Ltd - - 1 - - - - 1
Meera Kamal Shah - - 1 - - - - 1
Meera Kamal Shah & Kamal R. Shah - - 6 - - - - 6
Meshack Ngare Ondieki 1 - - 1 - 4 - 6
Mina B. Shah - - 2 - - - - 2
Minakshi Navinchandra Shah - - - - - - 1 1
Miss Aakshi Shah $ Miss Shamim Ehsani - 1 4 - - - - 5
Miss Aakshi Shah & Mr Ankur Shah - - 2 - - - - 2
Miss Aashni Shah & Mr Homan Ehsani - - 5 - - - - 5
Miss Shamim Ehsani & Miss Aashni Shah - - 1 - - - - 1
Miss Shamim Ehsani & Mr Ankur Shah - - 1 - - - - 1
Mitesh & Manish N Shah - - - - - - 1 1
Mohamed H Alimohamed - - - - - 5 - 5
Mohamed Ifterhar Ghani - - 2 - - - - 2
Motor Tyre Suppliers Ltd - 1 1 - - - - 2
Mr & Mrs Nathwani - - 4 - - - - 4
Mr Ankur Shah & Miss Shamim Ehsani - - 4 - - - - 4
Mr Ankur Shah & Mr Homan Ehsani - - 2 - - - - 2
Mr Homan Ehsani & Miss Aakshi Shah - - 4 - - - - 4
Mr Neel Shah & Miss Aashni Shah - - 2 - - - - 2
Mr Neel Shah & Miss Shamim Ehsani - - 2 - - - - 2
Mr Neel Shah & Mr Homan Ehsani - - 2 - - - - 2
Mr. & Mrs Arsalan Laloui - - 1 - - - - 1
Mr. K.N. Patel & Mrs. A.K Patel - 1 - - - - - 1
Mrs. Bhanumati K. Shah & Mrs. Ina S.Shah - - 2 - - - 1 3
Mrs. I Kanabar & Mrs H. Kanabar - - - - - - 1 1
Mrs. Paniben D. Shah & Chandulal D. - - 1 - - - - 1
Mrs. Paniben D. Shah & Chandulal D. Shah - - 5 - - - - 5
Mrs. Paniben Dharamshi Shah Chandulal Dh - - 1 - - - - 1
Mrs. Suru & Nadeem Sadiq - - 1 - - - - 1
Account Title Number of Accounts by Type
Type of Account CA CD FD HPA LBD LN SB Total
Mrudula S Shah - - 5 - - - - 5
Ms. E N Gitau - 1 - - - - - 1
Mwauco Limited 1 - 1 - - - - 2
Naazmina Mohamed - - 1 - - - - 1
Naina M Shah - - 8 - - - - 8
Naina M.Shah & Manish R. Shah 1 - - - - - - 1
Naina Manish Shah - - 4 - - - 2 6
Nakumatt Holdings Limited - 1 - - - - - 1
Nakumatt Investments Ltd 2 - - - - - - 2
Narendra Raichand Shah - - 1 - - - 1 2
Narendra Shah A/C 2 - - - - - - 1 1
Narmadaben M Shah - - 1 - - - 1 2
Nassir Ahmed Ibrahim - - 1 - - - - 1
Navinchandra N. Shah - - - - - - 1 1
Nazir Sadrudin Jivan - - - - - - 1 1
Neel Shah - - 1 - - - 1 2
Neel Shah & Aakshi Shah - - 1 - - - - 1
Newcal Technologies 1 - - - - - - 1
Nikhil Vipin Shah - 2 - - - - - 2
Nilesh Karsandas Somaia - 1 - - - - - 1
Nilima Rajendra Shah - 2 - - - - - 2
Nisha & Pushpa Shah - - - - - - 1 1
Nisha S Raishi - - 5 - - - - 5
Nishit & Co. Ltd 1 - - - - - - 1
Nishit K Patel 2 - - - - 2 - 4
Nishit R Shah - - 2 - - - - 2
Njuca Consolidated Ltd 1 4 - - - 2 - 7
Nu Metro (Kenya ) Limited Marketing A/C 1 - - - - - - 1
Nu Metro (Kenya) Ltd, Prestige Plaza 1 - - - - 1 - 2
Odesys Enterprises 1 - - - - - - 1
Overseas Developments Limited - - 1 - - - - 1
Pacific Systems Ltd 1 - - - - - - 1
Paniben D. Shah & Chandulal D Shah - - 1 - - - - 1
Paniben D. Shah & Chandulal D. Shah - - 1 - - - - 1
Paolo Sattanino 3 - - - - - 1 4
Parker Radio House Ltd 1 1 - - 8 - - 10
Pepe Limited 1 - 8 - - - - 9
Peter Kabi Gitau - - - - - - 1 1
Phone Link (K) Ltd - 1 1 - - - - 2
Priyum Manoj Shah - - 1 - - - - 1
Proudview Investments - - 1 - - - - 1
Pushpaben R Shah - - 4 - - - - 4
R. Parmar - - - 1 - - - 1
R.Z. Haria - 2 - - - - - 2
Race Track Supermarket Ltd 1 - - - - - - 1
Rajul M, Shah - - 1 - - - - 1
Account Title Number of Accounts by Type
Type of Account CA CD FD HPA LBD LN SB Total
Riyaz Hasham & Nishta Hasham - - - 1 - - - 1
Roadstar Limited - - - - - 1 - 1
S.K.D. Shah & S.R. Shah - 1 - - - - - 1
Safia Chaudry - - 1 - - - - 1
Saijul Mr. Shah - - - 1 - - - 1
Sanjay R Shah - 3 9 - - - - 12
Savitaben Shah - - 10 - - - - 10
Sawan Rajendra Shah - 2 - - - - - 2
Sawtantar Kumar & Ravinder Singh - - - - - 1 - 1
Shawaz Textile Mills Limited - - - - 247 - - 247
Shiloah Investments Ltd - - - - - 2 - 2
Shivam Enterprises Limited - - - - - 1 - 1
Shobhna Shah - - 6 - - - - 6
Shree Ram Mandir - - 2 - - - - 2
Shree Ram Mandir (Stri Shaba) - - 1 - - - - 1
Sonal Devani - - 1 - - - - 1
Sonia Shah - - 1 - - - - 1
Southlands Transporters Co. - - - 2 - - - 2
Soyum Manoj Shah - - 1 - - - - 1
Span Hardware & Building Suppl. - - - - - 2 - 2
Star Electronics Ltd - - - - - 1 - 1
Stephen K Tarus - - - - - 1 - 1
Sureshchandra P Shah - - 1 - - - - 1
Tasha Enterprises (K) Ltd - 2 1 - - - - 3
Tebebe Y. Berhan 1 - - - - - - 1
The Stage Market Ltd - - - - - - 1 1
Trenz Cosmetics Ltd - - 2 - - - - 2
Trenz Kenya Ltd - - 2 - - - - 2
Triton Petroleum Co. Ltd 1 2 - - - - - 3
Trucks Eicher Kenya Limited-Service A/C - - - - - 1 - 1
Tusker Mattresses Ltd - - 1 - - - - 1
Unizone Investments Ltd - - - - - 1 - 1
Uttamchand D. Shah & Chandulal D. Shah - - 1 - - - - 1
V - Market Choice Limited - 1 - - - 1 - 2
V And A Shah 1 - - - - - - 1
Vipin Maganlal Shah - - - - - - 1 1
W. E. Tilley (Muthaiga) Ltd - - - - - 2 - 2
William K Gitau - 2 1 - - - - 3
World Shelter Limited - - 2 - - - - 2
Yagnesh Devani - - 6 - - - - 6
Yellow House Ltd - 1 - - - - - 1
Total Number Of Accounts Without Forms 59 62 285 14 337 51 31 839
Key
CA – Current account; FD – Fixed Deposit
CD – Call deposit; LBD – Local Bills Discounted
SB – Savings Account
HPA – Hire purchase Account
APPENDIX14
SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES
CBK/PG/08
Failing to obtain and maintain records in regard to sources of funds and details of transactions.
Failing to submit to CBK reports of any suspicious transactions, or activities that may indicate money
laundering, or other attempts to conceal the true identity of customers or ownership of assets.
. On 20 December 2005,
debit transfers of Shs 120 m.
and sh. 12 m. each were
made from the Sundry
Creditors account SC 01-
600000 to the Nakumatt
account CA 01-000085. No
support documents for these
transactions.
. Transactions in these
accounts entailed payments
of “cash” and transfers that
ends up in either Paolo
Sattanino’s account or at
Paramount Bank Limited.
- A number of payments
made from these accounts
related to overseas payments
through the accounts of
Paolo Sattanino.
- Numerous transactions
of exactly the same
amounts. There were over
1,300 cash deposits of Shs 1
million each out of 1,570
total credits during the
period. Of the remaining
credits, Shs 105 million was
received from Nakumatt in
28 equal transactions of Shs
3.76 million each;
- Numerous credits
described as cash receipts.
1.1.1.1 Crucial Properties Limited A/C No. Although, the company had
FX01-400067
maintained bank accounts
since January 2001, the
account opening forms were
dated 24 April 2006. The
mandates to operate the
accounts give Humphrey
Kariuki as the only signatory.
• 22-Feb-01 Cancelled
B/Chqs 3531/2/3
(100,000,000) On 12
February 2001, Shs
46,695,000 was
received into this
account and Shs
22,515,000 was paid
out. The following day,
13 February 2001, Shs
263,500,000 was
received (equivalent of
US$ 3,400,000) and
Shs 276,125,000 paid
out;
Nakumatt’s “shadow”
account (CA 01-000091)
received large cash deposits
and cheques drawn from its
account with Barclays Bank
Kenya Limited. Other credits
included cash deposits from
Mombasa. Beneficiaries of
payments from the account
were parties that would
ordinarily be trading with
Nakumatt Supermarkets.
Daily transactions on the
account were numerous with
26th January 1999 recording
205 transactions.
APPENDIX15
MONTHLY STAFF EMOLUMENTS PAID OUTSIDE THE PAYROLL WITHOUT
DEDUCTING TAX
CBK ACT SECTION 33G (1) (b)
MANAGER
HEAD OFFICE
IT DEPARTMENT
λ Bachu Industries
λ Cargo Distributors
λ Hidden Treasures
λ Books First
λ Transcargo Ltd-Tanzania
Such evasion of taxes would be facilitated by the involvement of 6 off-shore companies namely:
The diagram below illustrates the activities and parties involved in the importation of goods, the payment of these and
documents used for the payment of taxes on the importation.
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OFF-SHORE SUPPLIERS
OFF-SHORE COMPANIES
• Tradex SRL in Italy
• Capricorn SRL in Italy
• Parmex Ltd in the UK
• Parmar General Trading in Dubai
• Epsom Holdings Corporation in Leichtenstein
• Foreman Corporation in Belize
Possibly payments
Numerous split from Bank
payments of under
US $ 10,000 THIRD PARTIES
• Mehul Shah
• Jaspal
• Suresh Shah
• Bachu Industries
• Paolo Sattanino • Transenergy Ltd
• Capricorn SRL KRA • Forex Bureaus
Payment of duties based on etc
under-valued invoices
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λ Suppliers invoice the off-shore companies for the goods supplied to the importers who are customers of Charterhouse Bank Limited
(CHB)
λ Off-shore companies provide undervalued pro forma invoices and/or commercial invoices to the importers for purposes of IDF
declaration on the value of goods imported and therefore taxes payable
λ Importers remit funds to the off-shore companies for the goods supplied by:
− remitting foreign currency monies into Paolo and Capricorn bank accounts at CHB which is then remitted to Tradex and
Capricorn (on Paolo’s instructions) without appropriate supporting documents and
λ Remitters would instruct Paolo on what to do with the payments remitted. Since purchase of amounts above US$10,000 requires
supporting documents, the remittances into Paolo’s accounts (either by cash or transfers from account holders at CHB) are in most
cases in tranches of US$10,000 or equivalent in other currencies.
A description of each of the off-shore companies, their activities and involvement in the process is as follows:
λ These two companies are in Italy and are represented by a Mr Paolo Sattanino. (“ Paolo”).
λ Paolo maintains 7 personal accounts at CHB ( Sterling Pound, Euro, US$ and KShs )
λ Capricorn has 4 bank accounts (2 Euros and 2 US$) at CHB
λ Paolo facilitates the documentation, inspection, shipment and payment on behalf of the importers of goods to the exporters.
Negotiations and identification of suppliers is often done by the importers directly. Key importers are KTL for tyres, rims and other
accessories, Creative Innovations Ltd for furniture and electrical accessories and Hidden Treasures for books.
λ Paolo provides under valued pro forma invoices, blank invoices and commercial invoices as required by the importers to evade import
taxes. Instructions in respect of these requirements are from Sanjay. Paolo makes payments to suppliers and others on instructions of
Sanjay and the importers
λ There is evidence of an agreement by Sanjay to pay Paolo 0.5% profit/commission on the FOB values from the suppliers
λ Monies are remitted into Paolo’s various accounts at CHB by the importers and other individuals. Paolo maintains accounts of the
remitters and provides statement of accounts to them. These statements indicate payments received from them, debit notes sent and
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payments made on their behalf. Since the purchase of amounts above US$10,000 requires supporting documents, the remittances into
Paolo’s accounts (either by cash or transfers from account holders at CB) is almost always in tranches of US$10,000 or equivalent in
other currencies
λ Monies from Paolo’s and Capricorn accounts are then remitted mainly to Tradex and Capricorn on instructions from Paolo without
supporting documentation.
λ Funds received into Paolo’s and Capricorn’s active accounts at CHB and
λ Samples of remittances made off-shore from Paolo’s accounts on his instructions
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Funds received by Paolo and Capricorn active bank accounts at CHB
Account Account Account Transactions Number Value of credits into the account Comments based on the description in the current account
Details Name Number period of Credits
in the
account
Total cash Transfers
GBP Paolo CA 01- Apr 04 to Oct 7 18,650 4,552 14,088 A single cash credit of GBP 4,552 is from D Shah.
700154 05 Source of the credit transfer is unknown.
Euro Paolo CA 01- Apr 04 to Jun 168 1,205,052 171,451 937,265 Creative Innovations Ltd, KTL and Brand Imports account for
800145 06 51% of the total transfers into this account (18%, 15% and 18%
respectively). Other transfers include Cargo Distributors, Hon
Kabogo, Habib, Suresh Shah and D. Shah. Transfers made in
tranches of US$ 10,000 and below.
Euro but Paolo FX 01- Dec 03 to Mar 35 28,705,103 15,140,315 13,556,316 Euro account maintained in Kenya Shillings
maintained 400145 04 Transfers are mainly from Creative, Cargo Distributors Ltd and
as KShs Capricorn in tranches of US$ 10,000 and below.
US$ Paolo CA 01 - Feb 03 to Jun 187 2,284,533 85,249 2,157,312 There are about 150 transfers into this account of $10,000 each
600006 06 mainly from Creative Innovations Ltd and KTL accounts
US$ but Paolo FX 01- Mar 99 to Mar 148 63,646,190 39,026,661 18,261,783 This is a Euro account maintained in Kenya Shillings. Transfer
maintained 400006 04 mainly from Creative Innovations Ltd, Capricorn and Saima
as KShs Avandero.
US$ but Capricorn FX 01- Jan 02 to Dec 67 53,230,397 13,187,013 22,609,403 Credits into this account are mainly from Creative Innovations
maintained 400093 03 Ltd, Paolo and Capricorn.
as KShs
Euro but Capricorn FX 01- Feb 02 to Dec 175 136,961,850 71,175,189 43,327,867 There are mainly cash deposits into this account. Credit transfers
maintained 400098 03 are mainly from Creative Innovations Ltd, Brand Imports, KTL and
as KShs Cargo distributors.
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Examples of remittances made from Paolo and Capricorn accounts on Paolo’s instructions
19-Sep-02 Creative Innovations Ltd None Euro 19,710 Capricorn Capricorn Euro Account with CB
23-Sep-02 Kingsway Tyres Ltd Invoice No 257 Euro 17,412 Capricorn Capricorn Euro Account with CB
23-Sep-02 Brand Imports None Euro 70,000 Capricorn Capricorn Euro Account with CB
13-Nov-02 Cargo Distributors Ltd Invoice No 281 Euro 2,991 Capricorn Capricorn Euro Account with CB
19-Dec-02 Cargo Distributors Ltd Invoice No 348 Euro 13,859 Capricorn Capricorn Euro Account with CB
19-Dec-02 Creative Innovations Ltd Invoice No 330, 334, 340, 343, 323, 336 Euro 39,471 Capricorn Capricorn Euro Account with CB
06-May-03 Brand Imports Invoice No 101 Euro 21,319 Capricorn Capricorn Euro Account with CB
06-May-03 Creative Innovations Ltd Invoice No 100 Euro 26,800 Capricorn Capricorn Euro Account with CB
06-May-03 Kingsway Tyres Ltd Invoice No 94 Euro 33,923 Capricorn Capricorn Euro Account with CB
11-Oct-04 Creative Innovations Ltd Deposit on order confirmation US$ 70,000 Tradex US$ account no Fx 400006
19-Oct-04 Kingsway Tyres Ltd Invoice No 143 GBP 695 Tradex GBP account no Fx 400154
19-Oct-04 Charterhouse Invoice No 68/105/133/140 Euro 31,638 Tradex Euro account Fx 4000145
/146/151/162/164
15-Nov-04 Franco Tramontano None US$ 16,000 Tradex - Dubai UAE US$ account no CA 600006
20-Dec-04 Kingsway Tyres Ltd Invoice no 200 Euro 26,307 Tradex Euro account Fx 4000145
07-Jan-05 Creative Innovations Ltd Invoice no 148 Euro 20,000 Tradex Euro account Fx 4000145
14-Jan-05 Africa Media Group Ltd Final settlement US$ 30,000 Screen Service Italia SRL US$ account
31-Mar-05 Africa Media Group Ltd Invoices no 49 dated 22/3/2005 Euro 27,271 Tradex Euro account Fx 4000145
07-Apr-05 Creative Innovations Ltd Deposit on order confirmation US$ 170,000 Tradex US$ account no Fx 400006
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Date of Remitter as specified by Account to be debited as specified by
Remitter details as advised by Paolo Currency Amount Beneficiary
email Paolo Paolo
12-Apr-05 Any African name None Euro 1,531 Mr. Ettoro Longo Euro account Fx 4000145
21-Apr-05 Creative Innovations Ltd Invoices no 40/42/50/62 Euro 48,980 Tradex Euro account Fx 4000145
25-May-05 Aua Industria Ltd Deposit on order confirmation US$ 100,000 Tradex US$ account no Fx 400006
01-Jun-05 Charterhouse Invoices no 47/63/66/73/87 Euro 33,809 Tradex Euro account Fx 4000145
01-Jun-05 Kingsway, Hidden treasures & Invoice 80, Invoice 51& Deposit on order US$ 117,010 Tradex US$ account no Fx 400006
Creative Innovations Ltd confirmation
22-Jun-05 Hidden treasures Invoice No 109 GBP 753 Tradex GBP account no Fx 400154
18-Jul-05 Suresh Shah Deposit on order confirmation Euro 15,000 Tradex Euro account Fx 4000145
20-Jul-05 Creative Innovations Ltd Deposit on order confirmation US$ 80,000 Tradex US$ account no Fx 400006
29-Aug-05 Creative Innovations Ltd Deposit on order confirmation US$ 100,000 Tradex US$ account no Fx 400006
Aua Industria Ltd
14-Sep-05 Brand Imports Invoices 150/146/113 Euro 79,688 Tradex Euro account Fx 4000145
Creative Innovations Ltd
20-Sep-05 Brand Imports, Creative Invoices 147/146/138/134 Euro 29,167 Tradex Euro account Fx 4000145
Innovations, Africa Media
29-Sep-05 Hidden treasures Invoices 174 GBP 1,000 Tradex GBP account no Fx 400154
13-Oct-05 Any African name None Euro 560 Mr. Ettoro Longo Euro account Fx 4000145
06-Dec-05 Creative Innovation Ltd Invoices 116 & 186 Euro 93,090 Tradex Euro account Fx 4000145
23-Jan-06 Creative Innovations Ltd Invoices 229/05 Euro 54,741 Tradex Euro account Fx 4000145
17-Mar-06 Aua Industria Ltd Deposit on order confirmation US$ 30,000 Tradex US$ account no Fx 400006
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Examples of Paolo’s e-mail communication
Below are examples of e-mail communication between Paolo and Sanjay and other remitters to his account:
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λ KTL purchases tyres mainly from Transityres in Europe in the name of Parmex. Transityres invoices Parmex which in turn invoices KTL
and sends both of these invoices to KTL.
λ Sanjay provides guidance on the activities and trading of Parmex and has arranged securities for loan facilities to Parmex’s lenders.
Parmex had loan facilities of about US$4.4m October 2004 at AMN Amro, guaranteed by personal deposits of Sanjay Shah/Manoj
Shah/Manish Shah.
There is evidence that sales made locally by KTL to buyers such as Transenergy (K) Ltd in Mombasa, RT (East Africa) Ltd and Bachu
Industries are paid for in Dubai to PGT by the purchasers E.g. a local sale of US$181,936 to Transenergy was paid for by Transenergy’s
office in Dubai to PGT by way of 4 equal post dated cheques. Similarly another local sale to Transenergy of US$ 56,880 was paid for in
Dubai to PGT and in this particular instance 2 invoices seem to have been raised by Kingsway Tyre and Automart. One for US$ value to
PGT since they asked for an invoice to be accounted for in their books and another local invoice to Transenergy. It is therefore likely that
this method of invoicing and direct off-shore payments/receipts could result in under-reported revenues by KTL.
Certain personal bills and of parties related/associated to Sanjay are received by Parmex and paid on Sanjay’s approval. These include
bills for credit cards, Amex card bills for Mr Harun Mwau and safe deposit box rentals. D.Parmar notified Sanjay of receiving John Harun’s
Amex bill of ₤9,086 and the need to pay this bill.
Often payments are made locally by Sanjay on behalf of PGT on instructions of Mr B. Parmar. The equivalent of the local amounts in US$
is credited to the relevant accounts such as KTL or Creative Innovations Ltd account in Dubai. Examples include:
λ Payment of US$10,000 made to Mr Jaffer and Creative Innovations Ltd account credited in Dubai
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λ KShs 1,152,540 paid to Mr Gulam Abbas and Creative Innovations Ltd account credited in Dubai
λ US$10,000 and KShs 449,580 paid to Mr Gulam Abbas and KTL account credited with US$16,000 in Dubai
Paolo maintains a trading current account with Parmex. Often Sanjay requests Paolo to instruct Parmex to debit Paolo’s account in its
books and credit the KTL account with the same. In return KTL credits Paolo’s US$ account at CB. E.g. a US$100,000 transfer from
Paolo’s account into KTL account in Parmex books was re-imbursed to Paolo in his US$ account at CB by way of 10 tranches of
US$10,000 so as to avoid any documentation as required by CBK.
Various payments were received into the Parmex account at CB from individuals, CB and likely customers of KTL. It seems there were
private arrangements made by Sanjay with the remitters to have funds remitted to Parmex. Further investigations are required to
understand the completeness of these transactions i.e. the authenticity of the remitters and the reasons for remitting monies to Parmex.
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The table below provides details of some of the funds paid to Parmex
Date of
Payer Currency Amount Comments
email
Cash less
US$ 49,750.00
commission B. Parmar writes to Sanjay "we are crediting parmex account with US$ 200,000 and the remaining we credit Kingway Tyres account with
06-Sep-04 Monia Posti US$ 129,950.50 US$ 49,676.5 in PGT books”
Amin and Premji US$ 69,976.00
L Dolciami c/o B. Parmar writes to Sanjay " …… we have receved US$ 64,996 with value dated 16.09.2004 from L.Dolciami, C/o Bay forex as per
25-Sep-04 US$ 64,996.00
Bay forex enclosed copy. We are creditting this amount to Kingsway Tyres account."
10-Jan-05 Mehul GBP 6,000.00 D. Parmar of Parmex writes to Sanjay "we confirm receiving instructions from Mehul to transfer GBP 6,000 to Kingsway Tyres”
₤100,000 was received in cash from unknown source. D. Parmar of Parmex writes to Sanjay "we are depositing the cash of GBP 100,000
24-Feb-05 Parmex, UK GBP 100,000.00 in lots of approx 5,000 per day. Hence the first payment of approximately US$ 90,000 to Transtyre can not be effected until about 8
working days time from today.”
Rowshanak
S. Parmar of Parmex email to Sanjay "we have received net Euro 2,370 for Rowshanal Nazari Khan, the Village Market. Please confirm if
28-Feb-05 Nazari Khan, of Euro 2,370.00
this for your account"
Village Market
01-Mar-05 Jaspal GBP 6,000.00 S. Parmar advising Sanjay of the receipt of cash
03-Mar-05 Jaspal GBP 6,000.00 S. Parmar advising Sanjay of the receipt of cash
07-Mar-05 Jaspal GBP 8,000.00 S. Parmar advising Sanjay of the receipt of cash
08-Mar-05 Jaspal GBP 7,000.00 S. Parmar advising Sanjay of the receipt of cash
09-Mar-05 Jaspal GBP 8,000.00 S. Parmar of Parmex email to Sanjay, "please be advised that we have received cash £8,000 from Jaspal."
10-Mar-05 Jaspal GBP 7,000.00 S. Parmar advising Sanjay of the receipt of cash
11-Mar-05 Jaspal GBP 8,000.00 S. Parmar advising Sanjay of the receipt of cash
Zahiad
14-Mar-05 US$ 9,966.37 S. Parmar writes to Sanjay "today we have received net $9,966.37 from Zahiad Janmohamed."
Janmohamed
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Date of
Payer Currency Amount Comments
email
BACHU US$ 39,836.43 Sanjay writes to D. Parmar "this is to confirm that US$ 39,836.43 from Bachu is for the account of Kingsway”
Zahiad
16-Mar-05 US$ 9,966.41 S. Parmar writes to Sanjay "we confirm having received net $9,966.41 from Zahiad S Janmohamed for today's value date"
Janmohamed
Zahiad
22-Mar-05 US$ 9,966.56 D. Parmar writing to Sanjay confirming receipt of funds
Janmohamed
29-Mar-05 US$ 50,000.00 D. Parmar writing to Sanjay confirming receipt of funds
12-Apr-05 Court Langley Ltd GBP 165,000.00 S. Parmar advising Sanjay of the receipt
Religious S. Parmar writes to Sanjay” we have received US$29,954 from ordering customer “Religious Account” Nairobi. Please confirmif this is for
29 July 2005 US$ 29,954.00
Account your account.”
Mr and Mrs
1 Sept 2005 GBP 15,000.00 From S. Parmar Parmer to Sanjay ” we confirm safe receipt of a chq for GBP 15,000 from Mr & Mrs RK Shah”
RKShah
Bachu Induatries S. Parmar of Parmex writes to Harshad Amin "please be advised that we have received net US$43,538.97 from Bachu Industries Ltd for
US$ 43,538.97
Limited today's value date for the account of Kingsway."
24-Oct-05
Transcargo Ltd, S. Parmar of Parmex writes to Harshad Amin "We have also received net US$6,874.26 from Transcargo Ltd, Tanzania, please confirm if
US$ 6,874.26
Tanzania this is for your account."
Worldwide
27-Oct-05 US$ 11,339.20 S. Parmar advising Sanjay of the receipt
Adventure Travel
30-Nov-05 Bachu Industries US$ 43,574.58 S. Parmar advising Sanjay of the receipt
Worldwide Sanjay writes to D. Parmar of Parmex "Kindly note that we are expecting STG 3,250.00 from a company called Worldwide Adventure
20-Dec-05 GBP 3,250.00
Adventure Travel Travel to be paid to yourselves. Could you check and confirm receipt of these funds."
RT East Africa Rajesh of Parmar writes to Sanjay "we have received US$ 106,817.20 from RT East Africa Ltd with value date 01.06.2006 and we are
06-Jun-06 US$ 106,817.20
Ltd making payment to Transityre as per instruction."
07-Jun-06 Charterhouse US$ 85,000.00 Sanjay advising D. Parmar of Parmex that they should be receiving these amounts
07-Jun-06 Bachu US$ 101,340.80 Sanjay advising D. Parmar of Parmex that they should be receiving these amounts
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Epsom Holdings and Foreman Corporation
It appears that these are not trading companies. There were proforma invoices from these two companies for the supply of books to Books
First and Hidden Treasures. Paolo of Tradex arranged for the shipment of the books and asked Sanjay in an e-mail dated 15 December 2003
what invoices to use for this consignment and Sanjay responded on 17 December 2003 asking to use any of the two companies, Epsom or
Foreman. Further investigation would be appropriate in order to verify the consignment of books to Books First and Hidden Treasures and
establish the payments made by Books First and Hidden Treasures in respect of this consignment and the taxes paid.
There is evidence of activities that strongly suggest the possibility of underpayment of taxes by the importers that Sanjay is associated with.
These activities entail:
λ Preparing under-valued proforma and commercial invoices for purposes of IDF declaration on the value of goods imported
λ Obtaining blank invoices from suppliers and Paolo of Tradex with the intention of undervaluing goods imported in order to pay lower
taxes.
λ Disguising or not appropriately describing the goods imported
The table below illustrates the under-statement of invoices on imported goods for purposes of IDF declaration with the objective of evading the
import related taxes.
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Preparing under-valued proforma and commercial invoices for the purpose of IDF declaration on the value of goods imported
Source of
Date of Value of Pro
Type of adjusted Actual Value Under
invoice Supplier Agent Consignee forma Comments and extracts from email correspondences
goods pro forma of Goods declaration
/Email invoice used
invoice
Parmex Ltd Paolo writes to Sanjay “.. for your information the inspector
and will only come when the container is loaded so, provided no
Kingsway Excelcior body is going to open the container over there, in the future if
1 Oct
Capricorn Tyres and Tyres Export, $39,042.00 $ 75,508.78 $36,466.78 we want to play some game on the quantity we will be able to
2003
Automart Ltd Import & do it”
Finance
Services
Creative Tradex
15-Jan- Correspondences are between Paolo and Sanjay copied to
Tradex Innovations Luxten lights $10,271.40 $21,000.00 $10,728.60
04 Dipesh Valani of Creative Innovations Ltd.
Ltd
13-Oct- Tecra Intl - Kingsway Tecra Intl - Two proforma invoice with the same number (PI-P08103/A).
Tyres $22,037.16
04 Dubai Tyres Ltd Dubai One is about 20% less in value compared to the other
Tradex Paolo writes to Sanjay “here enclosed proforma invoice
10-Feb- Kingsway
Tradex Rims $10,886.16 $36,810.00 $25,923.84 actual value 36,810 if you are happy with the same, pls carry
05 Tyres Ltd
on and apply for IDF”
Johnnic Supplier (Benjamin Krief) writes to Sanjay “ Can you please
Comm SA receive confirmation that I will personally play with figures
Nu-Metro CDs, DVDs and confirm what is the lowest value we can “officially”
29-Apr- Johnnic Comm
Kenya and other $152,000.00 $240,000.00 $88,000.00 reach.”
05 SA
Limited accessories
Sanjay replies “Thank you for your email, yes I confirm and
await what is the lowest cost to work with.”
03-May- Zhejiang Parmex - Kingsway Zhejiang Two proforma invoice with the same number (915AW22003).
Rims $34,918.00 $58,196.67 $23,278.67
05 Zhongda Dubai Tyres Ltd Zhongda One is about 30% undervalued from the other.
Creative Tradex Adjusted proforma invoice attached. Email containing this
16-May-
Tradex Innovations Lights € 21,011.08 € 52,291.71 € 31,280.63 info is sent by Paolo to Sanjay and Shailesh Shah of Creative
05
Ltd Innovations Ltd
None The mail refers to an earlier discussion between Sanjay and
16-Aug- Not Kingsway
Zhejiang Rims Rims attached $22,118.00 $33,578.00 $11,460.00 a Ben. Indication there is no Custom Clean Report of
05 indicated Tyres Ltd
Findings (CCRF)
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Source of
Date of Value of Pro
Type of adjusted Actual Value Under
invoice Supplier Agent Consignee forma Comments and extracts from email correspondences
goods pro forma of Goods declaration
/Email invoice used
invoice
Creative None The mail refers to an earlier discussion between Sanjay and
16-Aug- Not
Khind Innovations Microwaves attached $17,286.00 $28,810.00 $11,524.00 a Ben. Indication there is no Custom Clean Report of
05 indicated
Ltd Findings (CCRF)
None Values are from the mail from Paolo to Sanjay
Creative
31-Aug- Seng Yip attached There are indications of two other containers (actual value
Tradex Innovations Furniture $8,000.00 $23,500.00 $15,500.00
05 Furniture $48,000) not yet repriced and Paolo asking Sanjay what to
Ltd
do.
Creative Tradex Both actual and the adjusted pro forma invoice attached to
14-Oct-
Zhangazhou Tradex Innovations Furniture $5,999.31 $22,826.00 $16,826.69 the mail. Paolo's email of 3 Aug 2005 to a "Ben" indicating
05
Ltd prior knowledge and discussions with Sanjay
Creative Both actual and the adjusted pro forma invoice attached to
29-Nov- Boston Office
Tradex Innovations Furniture $3,626.98 $7,860.50 $4,233.52 the mail. Goods sourced from Malaysia. Email containing this
05 Furniture
Ltd Tradex info is sent to Sanjay sent by Paolo of Tradex
Tradex Paolo writes, “…. Here enclosed proforma invoice for IDF (it
29-Nov- Kingsway Tyre centre
Tradex € 7,013.00 € 27,000.00 € 19,987.00 covers Teco goods which actual value is 27,000 euros) if you
05 Tyres Ltd accessories
are happy with that pls apply immediately for IDF ……. “
Obtaining blank invoices from suppliers and Paolo of Tradex with the intention of undervaluing value of goods imported for the
purpose of paying import duty
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Date of Email Email from Email to Extracts as is extracts from the email
"Piano not mentioned on documents even invoice and packing list. We sent full set BL (bill of
02-Dec-02 Mr. Choi of Seowoong International Sanjay
lading) with blank invoice and packing list per requested"
“As agreed on phone, pls find here attached: …… Capricorn blank invoice (for you to type anything
08-Jan-03 Capricorn – Paolo Sanjay you need)”
Capricorn blank invoice attached
“They have no business with the actual invoices and Mavji ensure there are never declared on the
airway bill as it will only bring problems.”
01-Mar-03 Chanparmar@Parmex.co.uk Sanjay
Chandresh replies, "I have already done a dummy invoice for them. They need this for the UK
customs as this is the new requirement they need"
“pls find here attached invoice no.96 dated 15/04/03 without prices where you have the actual list of
items shipped, pls modify it as you wish and put prices as per your convenience for custom
17-Apr-03 Capricorn – Paolo Sanjay
clearance”
Blank Capricorn invoice attached
"please find attached a blank invoice for the 4 tyres" A Tradex blank invoice is attached addressed
14-May-04 Sanjay bestfast@net200ke.com
to Kingways Tyres Ltd
14-Jun-05 Sanjay Seowoong International "…… would appreciate if you could send us blank invoices and packing lists."
" can you urgently send us 3 blank packing list and 3 blank invoices to enable us to do local
20-Jun-05 Sanjay Connie - vmsh@tm.net
inspection"
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Date of Email Email from Email to Relevant extraction from the mail
"I am ready with me glasses for wardrobes and piemme for Kabogo, please tell me who will be the
04-Dec-02 Tradex- Paolo Sanjay
consignee and what description of goods you want me to put."
info@kingswaytyres.com and copied to "….. For the purpose of easy and quick clearing of goods indicate the goods as agricultural pipes
16-May-03 William Kabogo
abstairs@yahoo.co.uk and accessories plus one used agro-pipe bending machine. Total Value Rand 10,000"
.. " Description: General Cargo. There will be no inspection required" D. Parmar wrote “the supplier
28-Sep-03 Sanjay Parmex – D. Parmar is saying that customs in Brazil, will not allow description of goods to be declared as 'General
Cargo'. Supplier requests that goods description is: 'Alloy wheels and optional Accessories'"
22-Oct-04 Sanjay Seowood International - Mr Choi Instruction to describe goods as “General Merchandise"
" I urgently require you to ask the shipping company to change the description from Umbrellas to
24-May-05 Sanjay Tradex- Paolo Tyres."
"They do not need to mention the breakdown, they can only mention quantity of Tyres."
Kingsway Tyres Ltd- " ………. You must state the quantity of tyre shipped in the container as AGRICULTURAL
13-Feb-06 Balkrishna Tyres - Chetang
Harshad Amin TYRES…."
Communication between Sanjay, Paolo and the suppliers on underdeclaring the value of goods imported.
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Date of Email Email from Email to Relevant extraction from the mail
"….. Actual value US$ 22,000 (may be better we will inspect it as 50% off ???"
12-Jan-04 Tradex- Paolo Sanjay
" ……. Actual value 18,000 (can we try the same as above???????)"
9-Mar-04 Tradex- Paolo Sanjay “ ….. the same should not be a problem since the value of my proformas was 65% undervalued”
"if we wanted to inspect batteries and tube shipments would you be able to get an inspection up to 50%
19-Oct-04 Sanjay Seowood International - Mr Choi under invoicing. If this is possible it would greatly help us if not we would then need to give you alternative
shipping instructions."
"As you make future shipments would it be possible to undervalue these shipments by probably 40-50%
04-Jan-05 Sanjay Seowood International - Mr Choi
on batteries and up to 60 - 70% on inner tubes."
Tradex- Paolo and copied to "In my mind we have reduced the cost of these tyres too low and probably looking for trouble. Would you
09-Mar-05 Sanjay
Hamin of KTL advise me the actual values so that we can see how much to declare."
22-Jul-05 Sanjay bestfast@net200ke.com "I have attached the invoice which you need to undervalue by 30% and apply for IDF and arrange to clear"
"In respect of this invoice, may I suggest we create the actual invoice for more than $5,000 and can
26-Aug-05 Sanjay Tradex- Paolo
increase the value of tyres since Agricultural Tyres do not have duties."
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Date of Email Email from Email to Relevant extraction from the mail
Paolo's request, "…. Actual value of shipment is ($)48,000. please advise what kind of Tradex invoice you
09-Sep-05 Sanjay Tradex- Paolo require for IDF and clearance"
Sanjay replied "please make approximately 40% and send to me"
05-Oct-05 Tradex- Paolo Sanjay "please urgently advise what kind of tradex invoice you need"
There is evidence that rebates and marketing budgets for KTL in Nairobi from Transityres (KTL supplier ) in Europe is received into the
personal accounts of Sanjay Shah/Manoj Shah/ Manish Shah at Citibank (A/C No 305723) on the instructions of Sanjay Shah. These amounts
are Euros 37,800 (19/8/05) and Euros 12,779 (26/9/05) for the marketing budget and US$ 133,070 (July 2005) for the rebate.
There is evidence in the form of e-mail communication that indicates intention to evade tax. We state as is some of these e-mail
communication below:
“We are still waiting for your advice on how to make invoices for 130m which is still pending as at today”
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“ ……Thereafter we request Patrionics to prepare a new bill with just the wordings Hotel Project and would save us from VAT
element”
• From D.Ghosh of Greenhills Investment (Sanjay is a director of this company) and Market Master to Sanjay dated 10 June 2004:
“ As you know that Molla and Naombi were doing PAYE Tax audit for Green Hills Investments and Market Masters for the years
1999 to 2003. They have finished and given the cert for Market Masters for the above period without any problems. But Greenhill
they have done their reconciliations and showing around 3 to 4 million in salary which was not taxed. As advised by Mr Hamed
they will come to see you with all the details. ……….”.
• From Bhavesh Patel to Sanjay sending calculations done by KRA on tax payable by S K D Shah and R Shah dated 9 May 2005:
“Please see these attachments. I have not understood their calculations. I think these people are mad. The amounts they are
asking us to pay is so crazy. Anway, please give me advice on what I should do with these idiots”
• From Sailesh Shah of Creative Innovations Ltd forwarding an e-mail of Creative Innovations Ltd employee to Sanjay dated 10 January
2005
“ Sanjay for your info and guidance …… It seems things are getting difficult.
Contents of e-mails being forwarded is “ As you are aware, recently we have got ourselves in trouble with BV and customs due to
documentation declarations. We believe Melvin has briefed you on what counter measure we took in order to get the containers
moving and meet BV requirements. We need to highlight to you that we actually put ourselves at risk by sorting the documents
with customs. We have consulted our group Financial Controller who gave his personal guarantee to the customs and also paid
some fees to the customs officers which we will need you to assist in paying…………… This is not healthy for KHIND as a public
listed company and if we are found out to do double declaration, we will be black listed by the customs and our export licence
might be suspended………………….”
• From Paolo a memo to Amin and Manoj Shah of KTL dated 4 October 2004. Below is relevant extraction from the memo
“As agreed with Kumho will make shipment of the goods in the following manner
For all passenger and light truck sizes (those not listed in the Pro-forma Invoice No……) will be shipped without any inspection
and in the following manner…………………………… Description: General Merchandise
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For all Truck Tyre sizes, the following methodically will be used……………….. At the time of loading Kumho must ensure that
Bureau Veritas present to do a physical count as per packing list(VERY INPORTANT ONLYPACKING LIST TO BEDECLARED
TO BUREAU VERITAS as pricing is between Parmex and KingswayTyres nothing to do with Kumho”
• From Rakesh Singla of KTL to Sanjay dated 23 April 2005 on suggestions to evade tax on Kamal Properties Ltd, a company in which
Sanjay is a both a shareholder and a director. The detailed suggestion to evade tax include :
1. Plan to create expenses such as repairs and maintenance, salaries and interest to reduce rental income and
2. Plan to show rental income at lower level which include asking for rent in two parts (cash and cheque) at the time of
negotiation
“I keep on receiving from Bureau Veritas requests for inspection for tyres tube and flap on Wilson logistics/Capricorn etc etc of
course all of them have been applied by Cargo Distributors!!!! I do not know what to say to them since they want to inspect the
goods. Please let me know.”
It is possible that Paolo means that using Cargo Distributors Ltd as the consignee was creating a problem with the inspectors such that
they inspected the shipment where the consignee was. It appears that as a result of this concern, the consignee for the pending
shipment was changed to Nairobi Procurements Ltd and the shippers advised accordingly by Paolo.
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1 Other unusual matters
Below are extracts of some of the e-mails that indicate unusual operations at CHB:
Unclaimed deceased money taken into bank’s income
• E-mail from Purnima Shah of CB Kisumu branch to David Okinda of CB dated 13 march 2006:
“ We would like to request to activate account 09-100008 Masakhalia Kangu James which has gone dormant. The said person is
deceased and has no one to claim the balance. We would like to close the account and credit the balance to our income account”
Based on the above, it is possible that CB has the practice of taking into its income account the unclaimed deceased monies. Further
investigation work needs to be done to establish this.
Further investigation is required to establish if the above transaction was ever supported by appropriate documents and accounting entries
and to establish if there CB has a trend of carrying out banking activities on verbal instructions of its management.
“Please apply this to clear off the transactions for the cheque you had issued on behalf of John Harun for AED 200,000”
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• E-mail from B.Parmar to Sanjay dated 13 March 2004:
Further investigations is required to understand these remittances and the relation if any to CHB
“Dear Mr Shah,
……………………. I need assistance for my two sons. They have been selected for higher studies in Australia. To enable them us to
obtain VISA, Australian High Commission wants a statement for Ksh7 Million.
I would request you if you could issue me a certificate for KSh7 Million only as a matter of record and for their VISA purpose. I am
ready to produce any documents that you want for that. …………………………… As you know as a salaried individual, it is difficult
for us to accumulate Ksh 7 Million and show in savings or deposit account…………………… Sincerely yours Purnima Shah”
Further investigations is required to establish if a bank certificated was issued from CB to the Australian High Commission for the purpose of
obtaining Visas and if so, how this was accounted for in the records of CHB.
Indication to reword loans given so as to disguise violation of CBK regulations on lending limitation based on the share capital of
CHB.
There is an e-mail dated 14 March 2006 from unknown sender as follows:
“Sanjay we need to re-word the I st para as the bank can not lend 193. something like “including the deposit of Ksh.80m”
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“ ………………………….b) or we redo and give another letter. We just need to be careful that we do not state we are loaning 193
million as we cannot under the CBK Act, as our share capital isn’t sufficient. We can state that we undertake to pay 193 million which
is different from we loaning 193million. ……………………………………..”
The table below is a summary of the deposits and liabilities on personal accounts of the Shah brothers and those of the 3 off-shore companies
at specific dates.
Citigroup- Sanjay Shah &/or 305723 US$72,740 ₤442,051 Assets and liabilities
London Manish Shah &/or ₤ 430,340 position as at 27 April
Manoj Shah 2006 based on e-mail
??? US$658,777 confirmation from
Foreman Corp ₤998,262 Michael Glen of
Citigroup
American Sanjay Shah &/or CIF 63413 Assets unknown but Request for guarantee of
Express Manish Shah &/or ₤700,000 and US$600,000 to Kumho
Bank- Manoj Shah US$400,000 Tyres Co. And US$1m to
Singapore transferred from Transityres
ABN on 29/10/04
and 15/3/05
respectively
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Bank Account Account Assets Liabilities Date of the
No. assets/liabilities
position
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SUMMARY OF COMPANY SEARCHES
APPENDIX 2A
SHAREHOLDERS OF CHARTERHOUSE BANK LTD
Nakumatt LR No. 209/7130 Hotnet Ltd (see below) KShs.250,000,000 Snowdale Capital Ltd 2,440,000 C 34221
1 Investments Ltd "Kirungii" Ring Rd Atulkumar M Shah 2,500,000 shares Gismass Trust Nominees 1
Westlands KShs 100 2,440,003 shares Atulkumar M Shah 1 2 April 1987
PO Box 30029 each Narshi M Shah (deceased) 1
Nairobi Total 2,440,003
Kingsway Holdings L.R. No: Nitin M Shah Shs.100,000 Sushila R Shah 1 C 33749
3 Ltd 209/2468 Manoj R Shah divided into 5 shares Nitin M Shah 1
University Way Sanjay R Shah 1,000 shares Manoj R Shah 1 5 January 1987
PO Box 11324 Manish R Shah of Shs.100 Sanjay R Shah 1
Nairobi each Manish R Shah 1
Total 5
Kingsway Investment L.R. No: Nitin M Shah Ksh:10,000,000 Sushila R Shah 10,000 C 33751
4 Ltd 209/2468 Manoj R Shah divided in to 50,000 shares Nitin M Shah 10,000
University Way Sanjay R Shah 100,000 shares Sanjay R Shah 10,000 5 February 1987
PO Box 11324 Manish R Shah of Shs.100 Manoj R Shah 10,000
Nairobi each Manish R Shah 10,000
Total 50,000
Kingsway Group of L.R. No: Manish R Shah Shs.100,000 Sushila R Shah 1 C 52252
5 Companies Ltd 209/2468 Manoj R Shah divided in to Manish R Shah 1
University Way Sanjay R Shah 1,000 shares 6 shares Manoj R Shah 1 21 October 1993
PO Box 11324 Nitin M Shah of Shs.100 Sanjay R Shah 1
Nairobi Ashwin P Shah each Nitin M Shah 1
Ashwin P Shah 1
Total 6
Page 1 of 5
Share Capital Shares Certificate of
S/No. Company Name Registered Office Name of Directors Shareholder's Name
Authorised Issued Held Incorp. No. & Date
Creative L/R No: 209/2468 Sailesh K Shah Shs.2,000,000 Kingsway Investments Ltd 10,000 C 49962
6 Innovations Ltd University Way Kamal R. Shah 20,000 shares Sailesh K Shah 10,000
PO Box-49644 Shs.100 each 20,000 shares 23 June 1992
Nairobi
Total 20,000
Kamal L/R No: 209/2468 Manish R Shah Shs. Manish R Shah 10,000 C15821
7 Properties Ltd University Way Manoj R Shah 5,000,000 Manoj R Shah 10,000
PO Box 11324 Sanjay R Shah divided into 50,000 shares Sanjay R Shah 5,000 26 May 1979
Nairobi Ashwin P Shah 50,000 shares Nitin M Shah 5,000
of100 each Kamal R. Shah 2,500
Nishit R Shah 2,500
Vikas K Shah 5,000
Sushila R Shah 10,000
Total 50,000
Kingsway L.R. No: Kingsway Holdings Ltd. Shs. 100,000 Kingsway Holdings Ltd. 999 C 33750
8 Properties Ltd 209/2468 Growth Management Ltd divided into Growth Management Ltd 1
University Way 1,000 shares of 1000 shares 5 February 1987
PO Box11324 100 each
Nairobi
Total 1,000
Kings L.R. No:.NO : Manish R Shah Shs. 100,000 Manish R Shah 20 C 31254
9 Investment Ltd 209/2468 Ashwin P Shah divided into 100 shares Manoj R Shah 20
University Way Nishit R Shah 100 shares of Nitin M Shah 20 20 February 1986
PO Box11324 1,000 each Ashwin P Shah 20
Nairobi Sushila R Shah 20
Total 100
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Share Capital Shares Certificate of
S/No. Company Name Registered Office Name of Directors Shareholder's Name
Authorised Issued Held Incorp. No. & Date
Crosslynx Ltd L/R No:209/167/4/2 Antony O Kinaiyia Shs. 100,000 Anton O Kinaiyia 1 C 93013
11 (shareholders are Westlands, Muthithi Rd Jecinta W Kageni divided into 2 shares Jecinta W Kageni 1
employees of one of PO Box-10248 1,000 shares of 1 March 2001
the companies owned Nairobi Shs.100 each
by Sanjay, Manish &
Manoj Shah)
Total 2
Greenhills L/R No:- 91/418 Hamed Ehsani Shs.10,000,000 Kingsway Investments Ltd 50,000 C 42829
12 Investments Ltd Limuru Rd Mehraz Ehsani divided into 100,000 shares Hamed Ehsani 25,000
PO Box300 Manish R Shah 100,000ordinary Mehraz Ehsani 25,000 26 April 1990
Village Mkt Manoj R Shah shares of
Nairobi Shs.100 each
Total 100,000
Nu Metro LR No. 91/923 Brian C Pottinger KShs.10,000 Hameco Ltd (see below) 50 C 96156
13 (Kenya) Ltd The Village Mkt Mehraz Ehsani 100 shares Nu Metro (EA) Ltd 50
PO Box 226 Hooman Ehsani KShs 100 100 shares 1 November 2001
Village Mkt, Nairobi Hermanus C Trollip each
Anthony Ward
Hamed Ehsani
Sipho Sithole
Sanjay R Shah
Manoj R Shah Total 100
Hameco Limited L/R No:- 91/148 Hamed Ehsani Shs.20,000 Hamed & Mehraz Ehsani 500 C 13452
14 Limuru Rd Sanjay R Shah divided into Sanjay & Manish R Shah 500
PO Box300 1,000 ordinary 1000 shares 29 March 1975
Village Mkt shares of
Nairobi Shs.20 each
Total 1,000
Market Masters LR No. 91/418 Faranak T Ehsani Shs.100,000 Faranak T Ehsani 1 C 51688
15 Ltd Limuru Rd Kamal R Shah divided into Kamal R Shah 1
PO Box 100 Hooman Ehsani 1,000 ordinary 2 shares 1 December 1992
Village Mkt, Nairobi (alt. to Faranak) shares of
Shs.100each
Total 2
Page 3 of 5
Share Capital Shares Certificate of
S/No. Company Name Registered Office Name of Directors Shareholder's Name
Authorised Issued Held Incorp. No. & Date
Ken Kip Ltd LR No. 209/2468 Hon Ezekiel Bargentury Shs.1,000,000 Hon Ezekiel Bargentury 340 C 38884
16 University Way Manish R Shah 1,000 ordinary Manish R Shah 330
PO Box 11324 Mehmood Rehmat Khan shares of 1000 shares Mehmood Rehmat Khan 330 29 November 1980
Nairobi Shs.1,000 each
Total 1,000
AUA Industria LR No. 209/625 Dahyalal V Taylor KShs.10,000 Dahyalal V Taylor 1 C 81295
19 Ltd Standard Blding Udhayan V Taylor 100 shares of 3 shares Udhayan V Taylor 1
Kimathi Street Amar V Taylor KShs100 Amar V Taylor 1 28 July 1998
PO Box 41159 each
Nairobi Total 3
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Share Capital Shares Certificate of
S/No. Company Name Registered Office Name of Directors Shareholder's Name
Authorised Issued Held Incorp. No. & Date
Kings Chemist LR No. 1870/4X/162 Jitendra Shah KShs.100,000 Jitendra Shah 800 C 29563
22 Ltd Mpaka Rd Surbhie Shah 1,000 shares of Surbhie Shah 200
Westlands KShs 100 1,000 shares 9 May 1985
PO Box 49847 each
Nairobi Total 1,000
Sunmatt Ltd LR No. 1870/11/28 Sundip A Shah KShs.2,000 Sundip A Shah 33 C 48263
23 Lower Kabete Rd Tushar A Shah 100 shares Tushar A Shah 34
Westlands KShs 20 100 shares Mita Shah 33 10 December 1991
PO Box 14843 each
Nairobi Total 100
Ukwala LR No. 209/2794 Vijay Jayantilal KShs. 75,000 Vijay Jayantilal Dodhia 300 C 64606
24 Supermarket Ltd Haile Sellasie Ave Rohit Maganlal 750 shares Rohit Maganlal Shah 450
PO Box 34667 Nitin Velji KShs 100 750 shares 27 April 1995
Nairobi Anilkumar Jayantilal each
Nemchand Kanji Total 750
Yellow House LR No. 11646/12 Samson W Njoroge KShs. 50,000 Samson W Njoroge 2,499 C 61237
25 Ltd Ridgeways Rd Salome W Njoroge 2,500 shares 2,500 shares Salome W Njoroge 1
PO Box 74694 KShs 20 22 September 1994
Nairobi each
Total 2,500
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215t July 2006
Mr. S. Shah
Director, Charterhouse Bank
th
6 Floor, Longonot Place
Kijabe Street
NAIROBI
Dear Sir
We acknowledge receipt of your letter on the above subject dated 19th July 2006 the
contents of which we have noted.
Your contention that we have condemned and scandalized you and the fellow directors of
Charterhouse Bank without due recourse to the rules of natural justice has profoundly
surprised us. We therefore invite you to read yet again our letter of the 12th July 2006
upon which you should notice that the only concern we have with the Police
Commissioner is the personal safety and security of Messrs Peter Odhiambo and Titus
Mwirigi.
We do reiterate as a matter of fact that Mr. Peter Odhiambo has since ih- July 2006
received a lot of telephone calls from people warning him of their capabilities to harm
him on account of the events that surround Charterhouse Bank. Peter Odhiambo 's and
Titus Mwirigis fears for their safety are real and not flights offancy.
We take this opportunity to clarify further our involvement in this matter which is also
premised on Mr. Odhiambo's attempted arrest by police officers relying on documents
that had not been executed by the present Charterhouse Statutory Manager Mrs. Rose
Detho. This is the basis upon which we asked the Commissioner of Police to investigate
how officers from Central Police Station could purport to effect an arrest based on non-
authentic and unenforceable documents.
From the foregoing, by a copy of this letter, we are forwarding to the Commissioner of
Police the names of the two officers from Central Police Station who went to the Central
Bank of Kenya and attempted to arrest Mr. Odhiambo on 7th July 2006 as:
i) Superintendent Muya Nyale the District Criminal Investigations Officer
(DCIO),
ii) Inspector Jaliwa.
Sincerely
Maina Kiai
Chairman
P.O. Box 43252, 00100 Nairobi. Kenya· 6th Floor, Longonot Place, Kijabe Street
Tel: (254020) 242246 - 53' Fax: (254020) 219058' E-Mail: info@charterhouse-bank.com
The Chairman
Kenya National Commission On Human Rights
st
1 Floor, CVS Plaza, Lenana Road,
P.O. Box 74359 - 00200
NAIROBI.
1. Independence
2. Accessibility
3. Humility
4. Professionalism
5. Gender diversity equity and equality
6. Accountability
7. Participation
8. People centred approach.
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Having stated the above, we hereby acknowledge receipt of your letter Ref:
KNCHR/COF/47 dated iz" July 2006 on which is appended the signature of Mr.
Maina Kiai the Chairman of KNCHR.
We would like to start by pointing out that the directors of Charterhouse Bank to
whom you have addressed individually the said letter are perturbed, stunned and
greatly concerned especially by the contents of your last but one paragraph which
states:
tlMay we also add that should anything untoward compromise
the safety and security of Mr. Odhiambo or Mr. Mwirigi, then
suspicion witt remain that those responsible are the owners of
Charterhouse Bank, their agents and/or some elements within
the police force. 11
Equally flabbergasting are the contents particularly those of your 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th,
th
11 , 1~th and 13th paragraphs which state:
"The events surrounding this issue are that in April 2004, when Mr.
Odhiambo was employed as the Internal Auditor at Charterhouse Bank, he
came. across information touching on various economic crimes that
included money laundering, tax evasion, violation of the Banking Act and
the Central Bank of Kenya Act, being perpetrated by the owners and
management of the bank.
During the course of the investigations by the task force, Mr. Odhiambo
assisted the Task Force with additional information including the forensic
audit on Charterhouse Bank. In August 2004 as the work of the task force
was ongoing, Mr. Odhiambo was advised by his contacts within the Task
Force to resign his job at Charterhouse Bank and in view of his cooperation,
the Central Bank of Kenya offered him alternative employment in February
2005 in the Internal Audit Department.
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His role in assisting the Task Force was regrettably leaked to the owners
and the management of Charterhouse Bank around November 2004 and as a
result he started receiving anonymous and threatening phone calls through
his mobile phone. He also noticed several suspicious persons inquiring
about where he lived. Owing to these inquiries, Mr. Odhiambo was forced to
dispatch his family-his wife and two children- out of the country. Since then,
he has been forced to move houses thrice.
We further draw your attention to Section 392 of the Penal Code (Cap 63
Laws of Kenya) which imposes a duty on citizens to prevent commission of
crimes by making it an offence to neglect to prevent a felony. It reads:
"Every person who, knowing that a person designs to commit or is
committing a felony, fails to use all reasonable means to prevent the
commission or completion thereof is guilty of a misdemeanour"
Our surprise is therefore based on your findings that " ... should anything untoward
compromise the safety and the security of Mr. Odhiambo or Mr. Mwirigi, the
suspicion will remain that those responsible are the owners of Charterhouse Bank,
their agents and/or some elements within the police force."
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The rules of natural justice demand that no person be condemned unheard, or
without being accorded a fair opportunity to defend themselves against any
accusation levelled against them. The KNCHR has accused, condemned and
scandalised us under none other than by its Chairman without giving us the
opportunity to respond to any allegations and we are disturbed as to how the
Chairman a lawyer of no mean distinction drew his conclusions without giving both
parties a fair hearing.
It is our contention that the acts, the letter and the findings stated in the said letter
are unreasonable, unfair, discriminatory, biased, scandalous and against the rules
of natural justice as they are based on malicious rumours and allegations and are
in violation of our fundamental rights for the following facts and reasons:
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5. In essence, the custodians of the bank's documents at the
Charterhouse Bank were the internal auditor Peter Odhiambo and the
person in charge of the archives Joseph Maina Gachari.
6. From the time that Peter Odhiambo was employed, he at all times
informed the management that he was up-to date with his audit, that he
had audited and continued to audit all the bank books, documents,
operations and transactions and everything was compliant with the
Banking Act, the Central Bank of Kenya Act and the Prudential
Guidelines. Even where an issue would be raised by the Central Bank
Inspectors, it is Peter Odhiambo who would be the first person to
respond before the matter came to the attention of the management or
board.
9. At the same time the bank discovered that its Back-up data and
software were missing. This time a report was made at the Central
Police Station but no action was taken. The management then called
and interrogated Mr. Lameck Wangumba, who was in charge of the
Information Technology and computer systems at the bank. From his
response and behaviour, it became apparent that he knew and/or was
responsible for the theft of the bank's back-up data and the software.
10. As soon as Mr. Wangumba knew that the police had been involved, he
quickly left the bank just before Christmas of December 2003.
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11. With this information and experience, the management became alert
and discovered that although Lameck Wangumba had left he was in
constant touch with Peter Odhiambo.
12. Sometimes in mid 2004, the bank received information that someone
was stealing and removing documents from the bank. The management
directed Peter Odhiambo to investigate, audit and to establish the extent
of the theft and what documents had been stolen and whether it was
true or not. He was required to put into place measures to ensure that
confidential documents were not stolen or interfered with and if he had
any difficulties, he was supposed to report and/or make
recommendations to the management.
13. At all times, Peter Odhiambo confirmed to the management that he had,
perused and examined all the documents and transactions and that all
were in compliance and that the allegations of theft and/or remov~1 of
documents from Charterhouse Bank was false.
14. Being the internal auditor, the banks documents custodian and a
member of the senior management team, the bank had no reason not to
believe him.
15. However, the information about documents being stolen and removed
from the bank increased. Whatever was stolen was allegedly being
taken to the Central Bank of Kenya and to the Kenya Revenue
Authority. The bank engaged the services of a private investigator who
discovered that the documents were actually being stolen and removed
from Charterhouse Bank by Peter Odhiambo and another officer called
Chege from the foreign exchange department and were being delivered
to certain people both at Kenya Revenue Authority, the Central Bank of
Kenya and at various hotels within the city.
16. After receiving the Investigator's report, the bank called in the police and
Peter Odhiambo left the bank in a huff when he discovered that the
police had been called in respect of the stolen documents and he had
been identified as the culprit.
17. The private investigator ascertained that Peter Od hiambo and Chege
were frequent visitors at the Central Bank and the KRA offices.
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18. On 31 August 2004, a contingent of officials from CBK accompanied
by the Governor's son Mr. Silla Mullei, Mr. Melville Smith and others
including officers from the Kenya Anti Corruption Commission (KACC)
and police officers raided Charterhouse Bank demanding certain
specific documents in respect of certain specific accounts running up to
and approximately 260 accounts.
19. At the bank it was discovered that during the activities of these raids,
the raiders were constantly receiving directions on their mobile phones
which seemed unusual. The raiders were looking for specific documents
which strangely enough were found to be missing as they had been
stolen.
20. The management summoned one Joseph Maina Gachari being the
person in charge of the bank's archives to explain why the documents
that were being sought were not being made available. Mr. Gachari
was ordered to ensure that the documents were found and handed over
to the CBK team as they had requested.
21. Mr .. Gachari informed the management that the documents that were
being sought were among those that had been transferred temporarily
to the bank's archives during the bank's expansion. He was directed to
go to the archives and bring the documents and the management gave
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him until 1s November 2004 to produce all the documents. When asked
why the documents had still not been availed, he said he was unable to
locate them and suggested that Peter Odhiambo 'would know where the
documents were since they were not in the archives and he was the
only other person who' had access to the archives. Given that Peter
Odhiambo had already quit employment, Mr. Gachari was suspended
from work but he never returned.
23. From the description of the documents that had been stolen from the
bank, it is the bank's view that this had been a calculated conspiracy to
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remove account opening documents of certain accounts, files of certain
clients and to pluck out vital documents from the files that could later be
used as a weakness to portray Charterhouse Bank as being in violation
of the "Know your Customer" which can only come about by way of
missing documents.
24. After the raid, the investigation and the inspection, the bank was not
able to produce the missing files nor any of the missing documents that
were being demanded by the CBK team but we were to later learn that
all the documents that were specifically being requested had been
downloaded, plucked out discriminatively from various files and for
these unfortunate events, the bank was found to be in violation and
fined KShs. 1,000,000/-.
25. Up to this point in time, the bank management had put the unpleasant
issues at the back of their minds and moved on and the bank continued
with its normal operations and enhanced its security management
systems or so they thought.
26. Unfortunately, towards the end of the year 2005, it was discovered that
one James Muia a current employee of Charterhouse Bank was
constantly being seen in the company of Peter Odhiambo and Maina
Gachari. The bank management suspected that he might try to steal
documents again from the bank, but decided not to sack him but to put
him under surveillance since the Police Officers from the Central Police
Station had informed the management that unless they had proof or
caught him red handed with the documents, there was nothing that the
police could do. He is still an employee of Charterhouse Bank even as
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27. From the beginning of the year, it was discovered that SUSpiCIOUS
activities were taking place between James Muia and yet another
employee one David Okinda who was now in charge of the IT Systems.
The management started investigating their activities and it was
discovered that some accounts and data was being tampered with and
that at certain times, there was a logging of the bank's data for
inordinate periods of time and it was unclear why for example David
Okinda would dwell on certain accounts for in excess of three hours.
When the bank called in an expert, it was confirmed that there was
external intrusion into the bank's system where data was being
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tampered with and lor being transferred elsewhere and after he was
discovered, Mr. Okinda left employment.
28. From the year 2004 to-date, and at all material times, the bank
considered all the unfortunate incidents as activities of some disloyal
and greedy employees who were doing all this for their own personal
gain and it never occurred to us they were doing it to injure the bank.
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29. From 2 April 2006, the bank started being portrayed negatively in the
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media and on 24 May 2006 certain copies of letters were delivered by
courier to Charterhouse Bank. The letters turned out to have been sent
by anonymous people who had circulated the said letters to various
people including our bank. They were letters that had been removed
from our archives andlor stolen from the government registry.
30. The bank's management looked at the letters and decided that it was
. proper that the matter be reported to the police and that the original 'set
handed over for investigations.
31. The Managing Director Mr. Sanjay Shah personally reported the matter
to the police and was subsequently asked to record a police statement.
32. Upon further perusal of the said numerous letters a rather serious
discovery was made which made it very clear that what the bank was
facing was a well calculated, planned and a deliberate conspiracy to
bring Charterhouse Bank down.
(i) A letter dated November 2004 written by Titus Mwirigi stating that
before the task force was established, certain documents had
been gathered from Charterhouse Bank prior to the
establishment of the task force and then the documents were
made available to a particular member. It is indicated that the
source was one Joseph Maina Gachari.
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We found some of the revelations uncanny because in our view such a
gathering was uncommon especially since KACC is supposed to
conduct its business independent of any other arm of the government
as it is also expected to investigate them. Further, the CBK in
performance of its duties and information gathered are all supposed to
be confidential and can only be used for the purpose of the Banking Act.
There is also the mention of consultants. Consultants have no statutory
powers. The most disturbing issue is that in this purported investigation
into Charterhouse Bank, the Judiciary was also incorporated.
34. The documents confirm that on the 30th, October a meeting with
Charterhouse Bank employees for purposes of obtaining documents for
the task force was held and included Titus Mwirigi, Maina Gachari,
Peter Odhiambo and Joseph Chege.
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35. On 1 November 2004 a meeting at KACC to debrief former employees
of Charterhouse Bank and to assist in preparing for a visit to the bank
by KACC was held and included Titus Mwirigi and Peter Odhiambo.
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36. On 5 November, working sessions with the Heads of Department from
CBK, Judiciary and Ethics & Governance were held at the Tamarind
Restaurant.
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37. On 11 November, a meeting was held at KACC offices to review the
final draft and interim report .
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38. On 1i November, a meeting at KACC with Mr. Lameck to decode
computer data on behalf of Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) was held.
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39. On 18 November, a meeting between Peter Odhiambo and Task Force
Chairman was held to discuss latest information and to submit a report
on the developments at Charterhouse Bank.
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41. You will note that the persons mentioned Peter Odhiambo, Maina
Gachari, Lameck Wangumba, Joseph Chege and Titus Mwirigi
contracted as consultants by CBK were meeting in various hotels in the
city including Tamarind Restaurant, Hotel Boulevard, Kengeles
Restaurant, ABC Place and the Gazebo in Upperhill.
42. The most significant issue is item No. 15 where it is stated that Mr.
Lameck, Mr. Ng'eno and Titus Mwirigi met for the purpose of
programming, installing and recalling of data stolen from Charterhouse
Bank.
From the foregoing paragraphs, any reasonable person will come to the
conclusion that the above activities were clearly orchestrated and planned to bring
down Charterhouse Bank.
We are aware of the importance and need for a whistle blower but a whistle
bloweris in our view a person who passes genuine information to the authorities
for investigation and not a person who is hired from the onset to create violations.
The acts of stealing the documents by an employee of Charterhouse Bank in
order to assist in the creation of a violation so that the bank can be raided to
discover the" violations so as to criminalize the bank and the people associated
with the bank is unconscionable, unethical, immoral inhuman and inconsistent with
all rules of civilized behaviour, all laws and human rights principles.
We would want to state here that by a letter written by Dr. Mullei dated 1st March
2005, the bank was punished for the various findings stated herein and from that
date the bank cannot be punished or continue to be harassed after it has already
been punished. Even in your realm a person cannot be punished twice for the
same crime.
Further, it is now apparent and it is confirmed from the evidence that documents
were stolen and removed from Charterhouse Bank with a view to create violations.
The duty to correct all the violations of missing documents as stated in the said
letter of 1st March 2005 was that of the Charterhouse Bank internal auditor and
archivist Mr. Peter Odhiambo and Joseph Maina Gachari respectively.
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When the raid was conducted at Charterhouse the Managing Director wrote
complaining to the Minister and the Minister was kind enough to convene a
meeting in his office between CBK and Charterhouse Bank and after the issues
were discussed, the animosity subsided.
Charterhouse is one of the most well managed banks and has nothing to hide.
That is the reason that Charterhouse Bank has not sacked James Muia, because
it wants to see what he is up to. Had we been malicious as Odhiambo and Mwirigi
would have you believe, Muia would have been summarily dismissed but he is still
working at Charterhouse as we write this letter to you.
Mr. Chairman, we would want to thank you because despite all that has happened
in the last two years, no one has brought to our notice any allegations of
impropriety. No matter how off the mark you may be and no matter how incorrect
the inf?rmation provided to you may be, you are the first person to ask for a
response and although this is directed to the Commissioner of Police and copied
to us, we find that we should present to you the sequence of events as they have
occurred and the way that they are.
It may come as a surprise to you as the Chairman of KNHRC that since the matter
erupted in the media, we have written consistently to the persons responsible, the
governor and the minister seeking for an opportunity to tell our side of the story
and correct the deliberate misinformation as demanded by fair play but his has
been in vain.
After the adverse media publicity which started around so"March 2006,
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inspectors from CBK were sent to Charterhouse Bank on 6 April 2006 and
another contingent of inspectors were sent on the 18th of April. They conducted
their inspection and concluded the inspection towards the end of May 2006
resulting in a CBK report dated 21st June 2006 requiring the management to
respond to issues raised therein by 4th July 2006.
However just as the management was preparing to respond to comply with the 4th
July 2006 deadline, the following day after the report was delivered, Charterhouse
Bank was placed under statutory management on 23rd June 2006 and a statutory
manager took over the management, control and conduct of the business of the
bank.
Mr. Kiai, as a human rights crusader conversant with principles of equity, was that
right and or fair?
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Simultaneously, the banks' customers' information which was either stolen and
removed from the bank by the bank's employees at a fee of US$ 300 a day paid
for by the CBK, or information collected by the said CBK Inspectors, all of which
should have been confidential and in the custody of the Central Bank was passed
to unauthorized individuals where it was released to the media and tabled in
parliament. We sincerely believe that the Central Bank of Kenya under Section
32(2)(b) is prohibited from disseminating information to unauthorized persons.
From all the information available, it is clear that Charterhouse Bank data and
software were stolen on the instigation of CBK and KRA and the said banks data
was installed at CBK and KRA more particularly at the behest of Mr. Nduati
without authority or justification.
KRA and Central Bank are professional and ethical bodies which are not expected
to be involved in clandestine activities outside what the statutes authorize them or
be used and/or abused by persons with personal vendettas. They cannot be
involved in activities of pirating, counterfeiting and/or stealing from the institutions
they are supposed to regulate so as to find fault in them. There is a defined and
proper way to get the information that they stole legally without committing the
offences that they have committed.
Charterhouse Bank has noticed that all its large account holders are now being
investigated at the behest of Mr. Nduati with the view of finding violations or faults
against them which is unethical.
It is clear from the adverse and inexorable campaign in the media and elsewhere
that there is a concerted effort to publish and disseminate false and misleading
information against Charterhouse Bank and the Nakumatt chain of supermarkets
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At Charterhouse Bank, we wonder, if for instance an account holder has violated
any law, whether it is the account holder who should face the full force of the law
or whether his activities must interfere with other account holders deposits and
rights.
The KNHCR has made various strong statements in respect to the Goldenberg
matter and it is a matter of fact that after the massive theft of colossal amounts of
money that took place at the CBK, the CBK as an institution was not interfered
with but only the persons responsible for the fraud were arrested and charged in
court i.e. the governor, deputy governor and some officers. The said stolen funds
passed through Kenya Commercial Bank and National Bank of Kenya so why was
action only taken against the individuals responsible and there was no clamour to
shut down National Bank or Kenya Commercial Bank?
In view of the fact that the statutory manager is not conducting any banking
business, no profit or income will be generated which will result in the statutory
manager taking money from the depositors deposits to meet the daily and monthly
expenses of the bank to the detriment of the innocent depositors for whose
interests the CBK is supposed to protect.
The statutory manager has also started sending employees on leave and with a
view of spending the depositors money has engaged her friends from Price
Waterhouse Coopers to come and re-audit the bank at a fee of over KShs.
5,000,000/- from the depositors money and this is happening immediately after the
conclusion of a CBK inspection and audit exercise, which is suspect,
unconscionable and what to us appears to be a deliberate effort to run the bank
down and thus legitimize its ultimate closure.
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You may also have noticed a current and intensive campaign by notable
personalities, government officials and being aware that CBK was paying
Charterhouse Bank employees US$ 300 to steal documents from the Bank which
led to the irregular placing of Charterhouse Bank under statutory management,
without any legal basis or reason and the freezing of all banking business, it is
clear to us that there is a move to interfere with private businesses and it
demonstrates a well calculated and clear intention of hurting Nakumatt as well.
As the chairman of KNHRC you will note that when we felt that our rights and
those of our depositors and creditors were being violated, as law abiding citizens,
we sought justice from the courts but to our disappointment even as we go to
court, we are aware that when this conspiracy against Charterhouse Bank was
being orchestrated, it is clearly indicated that the judiciary was present as
evidenced by the meeting schedule aforementioned. The results are obvious.
Mr. Chairman, the bank's documents were stolen in the year 2004. No senior
member of Charterhouse Bank has ever made any attempt to contact our former
employees - never. Why should you then allege that we are responsible for their
safety? After they stole the documents and despite having received US$ 300 a
day for those acts, all of them were rewarded with jobs at Central Bank of Kenya,
what interest would we have in them two years later? What is it that they have
done now that we are not aware of, that they want to preempt by making false
allegations? Can't you see you have been duped and are being used?
In our view, and in reference to Section 392 of the PenalCode, it would be most
appropriate for a proper police report to be made so that proper investigations can
be conducted and the truth can be established and the culprits arrested and
charged before a court of law. For the first time in the history of this country we
believe that we have a Police Commissioner who is free of political manipulation.
As you are aware, the law provides for punishment for a person who gives false
information to a person employed in a public office.
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We would not be further from the truth if we assumed that the allegations of the
individuals whose security is purported to be at risk are just another attempt to
include you in this adverse campaign against us so as to give it credence because
it is obvious that you have a platform.
Mr. Chairman, as a custodian of the only organ that is supposed to protect human
rights, we would request that you do not join in a vilification and odious campaign
whose origins and cause you are not privy to, that is aimed at destroying and or
violating the human rights of some people whose rights you should also be
protecting.
The KNHRC which you chair is the custodian of human rights and entitlements for
all, which include individual human rights as enshrined in the constitution. We
know you are a long time crusader of human rights, impartiality, fairness, ethics,
rule of law and natural justice.
From ttie facts enumerated above, our simple question to you is, given that the
CBK recruited employees at Charterhouse Bank and paid them US$ 300 per day
to steal documents, software and manipulate data and were later rewarded with
jobs at the Central Bank of Kenya for a job well done which has now enabled CBK
to illegally take over Charterhouse Bank and which has also allowed them to
freeze all manner of business, what further damage can they cause now that they
are in charge, what other information can they manufacture, manipulate and or
plant in Charterhouse Bank to help them achieve their goal of closing it down?
If all these protracted activities by CBK and others against Charterhouse Bank and
its depositors and creditors, the witch-hunt, the malicious vilification and adversity
are all happening in broad daylight in a country that espouses democratic
principles, we are left to wonder if these are not fundamental human rights issues,
then what are human rights?
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All the directors of the bank that you have named in your letter are firstly
husbands, fathers, sons, brothers etc. they are human beings who cherish family
values and good morals and are entitled to protection of their human rights too.
What evidence could you have to make you put their names on paper as people
who are threatening the lives of others? Is it that casual to accuse an innocent
person of threatening another's life? Most of the directors do not even know the
people that you are talking about and Mr. Chairman how do you find it so easy to
make allegations such as you have made? We know there is no evidence since
we have never threatened or ever wanted to harm anyone, so how did you decide
that those you named deserve protection and we do not? They stole data, got
good jobs with CBK and have been working there for almost two years and all of a
sudden we are now threatening their lives? Please open up your eyes.
And now that you have made your accusations, since you are the custodian of
observance that human rights are not infringed, tell us Mr. Chairman, where do we
now go for recourse? Who will hear our side of the story? After the accusations,
who wilt protect us and our families since we believe that this is part of the ploy' to
destroy the bank and then come after the directors, where do we now turn for
justice and protection of our own human rights?
Despite your having written to the Commissioner of Police and circulated the said
letter to all the directors of Charterhouse, on Tuesday the 18th July 2006, you
appeared on television commenting on the plight of whistle blowers while in the
same breadth you were defending your organization from allegations of misuse of
funds. You stated that your organization is audited by the Controller and Auditor
General. Your other comment was in the form of praise for Peter Odhiambo for
having been awarded a job at CBK on the purported whistle blowinq against
Charterhouse Bank.
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As a lawyer who has read section 392 of the Penal Code and we would like to
confirm to you that we have been reporting these matters to the police since the
year 2003 to-date. We have unfailingly been reporting that some employees of
Charterhouse Bank were stealing documents from the bank. This is criminal and
we believe that you are quite conversant with the laws that criminalize theft
whether by servant or otherwise. A criminal act remains a criminal act no matter
who the perpetrator is.
By reporting the matter to the police, we did the correct thing. If you had taken the
trouble to ask us, or even sought an explanation from us, after hearing both sides
of the story, we would have helped you to make a well founded opinion and we
are sorry that you did not find it necessary to talk to us.
Again as the Chairman of KNHCR and as a lawyer who has been involved in
crusading for fairness, respect for human rights et ai, we sincerely believe that you
know that a whistle blower is a person who out of a genuine concern and in the
public Interest, reports any illegal activities or wrong doings of his own free will,
without inducement or promises and without malice or ill-will.
Peter Odhiambo was a senior officer of Charterhouse Bank who together with
others were "employed by Charterhouse Bank to perform the duties that make a
bank compliant with the relevant laws. It was the duty of Peter Odhiambo to audit
this process at a salary of over KShs. 100,000.00 per month. He was thus running
his internal audit department without much supervision and or interference.
We are not sure whether you are aware that he was being induced by certain
other individuals to steal the banks documents at a lucrative fee of US$ 300 a day.
Surely, working for these people at a rate of US$ 300 a day for 20 days, in a
month he would make a side earning of approximately KShs. 400,000/- per month
on top of his salary and with a further incentive of a job at CBK after perfecting the
stealing, this would be hard to pass up. Is this whistle blowing in your opinion?
Our records show that Mr. Titus Mwirigi who was also contracted under a similar
fee of US$ 300 per day is given as Odhiambo's referee in his employment
records. Are these people what you term as whistle blowers and for whom you
are actually asking the state to further provide for them?
Further, since all the four purported whistle blowers are all former employees of
Charterhouse Bank, it cannot be humanly possible that the whistle blowers who
attract attention are all found or are from this bank.
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There is clear evidenos that these people commilled a crime for a fee and/or
reward and we have continued to report these matters to the police. It is also
clear from your letter that you are well conversant with the full details and
informationpertaining to the directors and shareholders of Charterhouse Bank. It
is therefore obvious that it is the directors whose lives are purportedly in danger
and not those of the persons that you mention in your leller. A person who steals
documentsfor money is also capable of killing for money.
You were here when the commission probing the Goldenberg Scandal was taking
place and where Mr. David Munyankei testified. Your praises for the CBK cannot
be genuine as it is the Central Bank that sacked Munyankei the CBK never
reinstated him. But ironically instead, they can contract Peter Odhiambo and
company at US$ 300 each per day and with promises of plum lucrative jobs at the
CBK once the job is done.
We believe that civil societies exist for public good and should never be used to
injure or hurt innocent people without justification or reason. They exist for the
good of humankind, a/l humankind.
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We are therefore unable to demand any apology from you or your organization but
we hope that once you have read the facts stated herein, your conscience and the
objects of your commission will guide you towards the truth, and like Jesus said,
the truth shall set you free.
We write to you this letter being reminded of the words of the Late Honourable
Elijah Mwangale during the J M Commission of inquiry who said that the hyena
who spoke to the rock commented that 'even if you don't respond, I have told
you and I know you have heard me'.
Yours faithfully,
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S.SH~
DIRECTOR
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Mr. Michael Waweru
Commissioner General, Kenya Revenue Authority
Director
Criminal Investigations Department
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INTERllVI REPORT
AN INTERII\'l REPORT uv rut TASK FORCE INVESTIGATING ECO~O;\IlC
CRli\lES BY CHARTERllOUSE 13ANK AI\D RELATED COi\lPANIES
INTRODUCTION
OBJECTIVE
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The learn defined their objectives as:
1.3 To identify the Directors of Charterhollse Bank and establish a link with
the related companies in a possible network for committing economic
crimes with a view to breaking it
1\1ETllODOLOCY
The task force undertook the following steps to achieve its objective:
1.4 Carried out a search at the Registrar of Companies offices for d.ctails of
the companies referred above to obtain their registration details,
1.5
Traced the physical addresses of the said companies to establish their
locations.
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Carried out a surprise visit to Charterhouse Bank to obtain bank account
details in respect of various accounts held by the above listed companies
and individuals
1.7 Carried out a surprise visit to the specified comparues and obtained
documents and records relating to their business activities for the period
starting 1st January 1999 to 4th November 2004
L The visits to the companies' prcmiscs and thc bank were carried out simultancously.
1.8
Wrote to the Kenya Revenue Authority and obtained tax records in respect
of the companies listed above
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Started si fling through the documents obtained from the companies and
the bank to try and establish any incidence of VAT evasion
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S1l0RT TERM SCOPE
The team set out a short-term objective, which was to try and establish any likelihood of
VAT evasion by the said companies [or the period beginning 2nd of May 2003 to
September 2004
The reason [or this short-term scope was to take into account the [ollowing factors:
1. To take advantage of the period Kenya Anti - Corruption Commission became
operational and \vithin which period it can legally investigate and prosecute
2. The (cam appreciated that the exercise is complex and will take longer to
complete hence it was necessary to define a short term goal for immediate action
while the long term objective wil! be pursued systematically as the investigation
expands
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.f I:'-lTERl~l FINDINGS
CREATIVE INNOVATIONS LTD
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from the documents collected from the company's prerniscs and from Charterhouse
Bank, the following was observed:
»: That the company operates four bank accounts with the Charterhouse Bank
r Only t.vo accounts arc disclosed in the company's official records. These arc:
o CA 01 - 001000009
o CA 01 - 0001000275
I r: The other
262,105,659
two accounts
are not disclosed
as shown below with
in the company's
deposits
Balance
amounting
Sheet
to Kshs.
for the period
r .~~ under review (ie from 2nd May 2003 to October 2004).
o CA 01- 01000074. Kshs. 237,268,640
;r. The figure shown above is for the period under review starting from May 2003 to
October 2004. It will certainly grow once the prior period is computed
Other observations
'r The company mainly deals with imports most of which is supplied to Nakurnatt
Holdings Ltd. It was observed that the company in respect of these supplies to
Nakumatt I Ioldings maintains no proper documentation
r It has also come to the Commissions knowledge that the company is a major
supplier of certain oils/lubricants to the following corporations the incomc of
which may not have been disclosed in their books
o Kenya Ports Authority
o Kenya Airports Authority
o Kenya Power 8: Lighting Company
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Steps rell1aining to be u ndcrtakc n
r Seck an cxp lanation from the Directors of Creative Innovations about the two
accounts held in their company's name at charterhouse Bank
).- If no satisfactory explanation is given, assume the amounts to be sales income and
assess V A T and Income Tax on it
:,.- Prepare to charge the company and the Directors with the offence of committing
an economic crime contrary to section 45 (1) (d) of the Anti-Corruption and
Economic Crimes Act No ] of 2003
r Assist KRA assess the income from the same two parallel accounts covering the
period from 1999 to April 2003 and assess VAT on it and pursue appropriate legal
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action on the offenders
L r Obtain details of payments and invoices the above mentioned corporations may
have made to the company and establish whether the income had becn included in
r' their 0 Ificial books of Accounts and assess for VAT and Income Tax.
;.... Get an explanation on the imported supplies made to Nakumatt Holdings Ltd and
- ;lSSCSS the tax implication
Failure to pay taxes contrary to section 45 (l) (d) of the Anti-Corruption and Economics
Act of200]
f From documents
been observed:
obtained from the bank and the company's premises, the following has
r The company is a fish processing firm with exports forming 95% of their sales
and the remainder 5% being local sales
r From the above observations it follows that the bulk of their sales proceeds arc in
foreign currency i.c. US Dollars
r The company has three other related companies for which they allege to handle
lheir export through Kenya. The uircctorships are the same for all the four
companies. The three companies arc:
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,I o Prime Catch Ltd Tanzania
'0 i\lara fish Packers Ltd Tanzania
o Victoria Fish Packers & Processors Ltd
r The company operates six bank accounts spread as shown below
o Chartcrhousc Bank
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Obtain details and information 011 Directors bank accounts held in the same bank
and in other banks and establish whether any company proceeds arc banked in
f them
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,. Obtain an explanation
If no satisfactory
on the surplus amount from the Directors of the company
explanation is obtained, assess VAT and Income Tax on the
surplus
r Charge the company and the Directors with the offence of committing an
economic crime contrary to section 45 (I) (d) of the Anti-Corruption and
Economics Crimes Act of 2003
Compute income into the same accounts for the period starting from January 1999
to Apri I 2003 and levy the appropriate taxes and pursue the necessary legal action
Obtain the details of vehicles sold to one of their companies for which details of
the transactions have not been properly disclosed
Obtain from the company documents relating to vehicles sold to Prime Catch Ltd
one their related companies
r: Establish the nature and purpose of huge payments made to certain persons
r Get an explanation on huge withdrawals and deposits from the some of the
accounts held in their banks
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f-' Offence likely to be disclosed
I.Failure to pay taxes contrary to section 45 (I) (d) of the Anti-Comlption and
Economics Act of 2003
2. Money laundering activities
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A scrutiny of the documents obtained from the company's premises and the Charterhousc
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Bank revealed the following:
;.:- The company operates a current bank account No 301 which had a balance of
Kshs. 4.3 billion from 2nd 1\'1a)' 2003 to September 20004
r: The bank account was opened in the year 2001 but was not disclosed in the
official books of accounts for the years 2001 and 2002
r: However Chartcrhousc bank is included in the final accounts for the years 2003
and 200..+
r Establish when the account 301 at Charterhousc Bank was incorporated in the
official books of accounts
r Obtain from Churtcrhousc Bank and Barclays Bank details of other accounts held
by the company's directors and assess whether proceeds from the company are
deposited in those accounts
> Determine whether any of the period under review was excluded
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1 Bank account details were sought for the follo\\'ing entities and below are the
observations from the information obtained from Charterhouse Dank
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KARIUKI MUIGUA..\: CO. (CLIENTS ACCOUNTS)
, Howcver, according to documents availed from other sources within the task force, one
of tile accounts, C1\ 01 - 000563 received deposits amounting to Kshs. 386,548,898
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starting from 8 March 2004 to 1 Septcmber 2004. Informatinn from the same source
also- indicated that the bank acts on unsigned instructions supposedly from Kariuki
Muigua, raising the possibility that the instructions arc prepared within the bank. It is also
believed that the account is actually operated by some of the big businesses in town but
shielded by the cloak of clients' confidentiality,
Steps to be undertaken
Since the court oreler barring access to any of Kariuki MuigU3S accounts does not cite the
Kenya Anti - Corruption Commission or its agents, then the warrant to investigate issued
to Henry Mwithia should be enforced.
failure (0 pay taxes by the companies using this account as parallel accounts contrary to
section 45 (I) (d) of the Anti-Corruption and Economics Act of200J
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Steps to be undertaken
r: Collect debit and credit vouchers effecting entries into this account and establish
the source of the funds
r Interview Chartcrhousc bank officials and try to trace the owner of the account
'r If a case is established of VAT and Income Tax evasion, then charge the
I. companies their directors with committing an economic crime
Act of 2003
The bank claimed that account-opening documents in respect to this account were burnt
r
clown in a fire.
l, { However, between 2nd May 2003 and 2nd August 2004 the account received Kshs.
551,518, 102.25 in the form of huge cash deposits, and cheques from Nakummatt
Holdings. The account also reflects cash withdrawals in an usually huge amounts. It is
believed that this is account is also used by big business in town like to hide sales
proceeds.
Steps to he undertaken
r: Collect debit and credit vouchers cffcctin:; entries into this account and establish
the source ofthe funds
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,f' »: lnlcrvicw Chartcrhousc bank officials and try to trace thc owner of the account
r' »: If a case
companies
is cstablishoj of VAT
their directors with committing
and Income
an economic
Tax evasion,
crime.
then charge the
Mr. Paolo Sauanino operates three foreign accounts with Chartcrhousc Bank.
I Iowcvcvcr, thc bank opening documents contains the name of Capricorn SRL. The bank
officials claimed that those are the documents for the account. The bank opening
documents are an account opening form and t\VO letters signed by Paolo Sattanino, one
as himself and the other as the Managing Director of Capricorn SRL The letters
authorize the bank to act on E -]\,rail instructions from the writer.
Steps to be undertaken
Charge those responsible for tax evasion with the offence of committing an
economic crrmc
:,... Pursue the destination of the funds transferred out of the account by telegraph and
establish whether any laws have been contravened.
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This account received a total of Euros 392,387.49 (the equivalent of Kshs. 40,808,298) in
the short period between I st April 200.+ and 22",] October 200'+. Similarly, the deposits
were by way of transfers from Creative Innovations and D Shah accounts. Debits in the
account a by way of telegraphic transfers to foreign destinations.
,;- Charge those responsible for tax evasion with the offence of committing an
r economic crime , .
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;;... Pursue the destination of the funds transferred out of the account by telegraph and
establish whether any laws have been contravened.
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Between I st April 2004 and 22 October 2004, the above account received a total of
I. 4,748.20
Shall.
British Pounds (the cquivalcn t of Kshs. 712,2UU) in deposits mainly from D
Steps to he undertaken
,;- Establish the purpose of the funds transfcrrcd into his account
r: Establish the tax implications on the activities of this account.
r Assess appropriate tax
r Charge those responsible for tax CVJ.Slon with the offence of committing all
ccononuc crnnc
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r Pursue the destination of the funds transferred out of the account by telegraph and
establish whether any laws have been contravened.
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Between 1 April 2004 and nnJ October 2004, the above account received a total of
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4,748.20 British Pounds (the equivalent of Kshs. 712,200) in deposits mainly from D
Shah,
I Steps to be undertaken
>-- Establish the purpose of the funds transferred into his account
!- r Establish the tax implications on the activities of this account.
r: Charge those responsible for tax evasion with the offence of committing an
I ccononuc crnnc
»: Pursue the destination of the funds transferred out of the account by telegraph and
-cstablish whether any laws have been contravened.
Offence likely to he disclosed
1. Failure to pay taxes contrary to section 45 (I) (d) of the Anti-Corruption and
Econom ics Ad of 2003.
2. Funds transfer to secret destination.
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1. 30'1'11NOVEl\lllER 2004
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INrrERI1VI REPORT
f AN INTERIi\1 REPORT BY TIlE TASK FORCE INVESTIGATING ECOi'\01\lIC
CRli\IES BY ClIARTERIlOUSE BA~K A~D RELATED COl\lPANIES
(Updated from the iz" November 200-l interim report ,,,it!; latest findings)
INTRODUCTION
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The task force met on 28 and 29 October 2004 to appraise themselves with the task
and draw lip an action plan.
OBJECTIVE
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The team defined their objectives as:
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To institute an economic cnrnc investigation against the companies
mentioned below with a view to identifying potential Tax evasion, illegal,
money transfers or violation of Banking Act with the connivance of
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I.].G Paolo Sattanino
1.1. 7 Tusker Mattresses Ltd
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To establish whether the Bank aided the said companies in committing
ccononuc cnrncs
1.3 To identify the Directors of Chartcrhousc Bank and establish a link with
the related companies in a possible network [or committing economic
crimes with a view to breaking it
METHODOLOGY
The task force undertook the following steps to achieve its objective:
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Carried out a search at the Registrar of Companies offices for details of
the companies referred above to obtain their registration details.
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Traced the physical addresses of the said companies to establish their
locations.
1.6 Carried out a surprise visit to Ch::1lierhouse Bank to obtain bank account
details in respect of various accounts held by the above listed companies
and individuals
I.7 Carried out a surprise visit to the specified companies and obtained
documents and records rebting to their business activities for the period
starting 1sl January 1999 to 4th November 2004
The visits to the companies' premises aud the bank were car ricd out simultaneously.
1.8 Wrote to the Kenya Revenue Authority and obtained tax records in respect
of the companies listed above
1.() Started sifting through the documents obtained from the companies and
the bank to try and establish any incidence ofY A T evasion
The team set out a short-Icrm objective, which was to try and establish any likelihood of
Y AT evasion by the said companies for the period beginning 2nd of May 2003 to
September 2004
The reason for this short-term scope was to take into account the following factors:
I. To take advantage of the period Kenya Anti - Corruption Commission became
operational and within which period it can legally il1\"estigate and prosecute
2. The team appreciated that the exercise is complex and will take longer to
complete hence it was necessary to define a short term goal for immediate action
while the long term objective will be pursued systematically as the invesugation
expands
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I:'iTERL\l FINDII\GS
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From the documents collected from the company's premises and from Charterhousc
Bank, the following was observed:
'r That the COIllP:lI1Y operates four bank accounts with the Charterhouse Bank
»: Only two accounts are disclosed in the company's official records. These arc:
o CA. 01 - 001000009
o C1\ 01 - 0001000275
r The other two accounts as shown below with deposits amounting to Kshs.
262,1 U5,659 arc not disclosed in the company's Balance Sheet for the period
under review (ie from 2nd May 2003 to October 200-+).
o CA 01 - 01000074 Kshs.237,268,640
o C1\ 01 - 01000206 Kshs, 24,837,019
262,105,659
';- II is evident that these deposits arc company income from sales and have not been
assessed for VAT and Income Tax since they are not disclosed in the companies
official records
).;- The figure shown above is for the period under review starting from May 2003 to
October 2004. It will certainly grow once the prior period is computed
r Computed VAT evasions plus penalties for the period amount to Kshs.
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l. 202,4lJ1,498 for that period.
;... The corresponding VAT and Additional Tax liabi lity for the period May 2003 to
October 2004 is Kshs. 44,839,492.
0111 CIO ob scrva tio n S
r The company mainly deals with imports 1110st of which is supplied to Nakumatt
I Ioldings Ltd. It was observed that the company in respect of these supplies to
,'\akull1attl1oJdil1gs maintains 110 proper documentation
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a major
;..- Compile a case file and recommend charges on the Directors of Creative
Innovations for failure to pay VAT and Additional Tax in the tune of Kshs.
44,839,492 to the Kenya Revenue Authority in the period from March 2003 to
October 2004
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amounts owed in VAT and Additional Tax.
Failure to pay taxes contrary to section 45 (1) (d) of the Anti-Cornlption and Economics
! Act of2003
From documents obtained from the bank and the company's premises, the following has
bl:(;llobserved:
;..- The company is a fish processing finn with exports fonning 95% of their sales
and the remainder 5% being local sales
;. from the above observations it follows that the bulk of their sales proceeds arc in
foreign currency i.e. US Dollars
r The company has three other related companies for which they allege to handle
their export through Kenya. The directorships are the same for all the four
companies. The three companies arc:
o Prime Catch Ltd
Tanzania
o Mara Fish Packers Ltd
Tanzania
o Victoria Fish Packers & Processors Ltd Uganda
r: The company operates six bank accounts spread as shown below
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o Chartcrhousc B::lI1k
• CAOI-600178 us DOLLAR ACCUL'NT
• CA 01 - 01000630 KSHS. ACCOUNT
o Imperial Commercial Bank
• 100805 162 US DOLLAR ACCOUNT
• 100805 OOG KSHS. ACCOUl'iT
o Fidelity Commercial Account
• 11502443 US DOLLAR ACCOUNT
• 11102442 KSHS. ACCOUNT
;;.. The total credits for the period January to September 2004 into the six accounts
amount to Kshs 5,893,464,798. This figure is not adjusted by opening and closing
debtors although the deposits still appear to be on the higher side
r The total sales for the same period amount to Kshs 1,351,874,269
:,- Then; are numerous transfers from dollar accounts to shilling accounts 111 the
same bank and across the other banks as well raising the possibility of double
. credits in computing the above figure
r There is also evidence of heavy trading in foreign currency between the company
and several Forex Bureaus in the city
).:- The company claims to receive export proceeds for its related companies and
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r banking it in its own accounts
:r It' was observed that. the company banks a lot in Afro Forex Bureau bank account
I.( with Fidelity Commercial bank
;;.. Huge payments are also made to persons who on the face of it do not seem to
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have any relationship with the nature of the company's business activities
Additional findings
r: TOt:l1 sales for the period May 2003 to October 2004 amounted to Kshs.
5,230,206,7<J1.25 while the total deposits into their official bank accounts amount
[0 Kshs. 5,630,6 11,476.00.
? Allowing lor exchange rate gains (losses) it seems the deposits in their official
bank accounts compensate for the sales proceeds of the three sister companies.
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Kenyan Tax Authority.
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'r No evidence however IS seen of remittances to the Tanzanian companies to
account for their exports,
»: There is evidence that the company trades heavily In foreign currency with a
number of Forcx Bureaus.
Next course of action
r Contact the Tanzanian Revenue Authority to find out whether the Tanzanian
sister companies declare their export earnings in Tanzania.
,. If the amounts are not brought to charge in Tanzania, then the relevant Kenyan
tax will be assessed on the balance not declared in Kenya.
:r Establish the implications of trading in foreign currency, assess the income
earned, determine the tax implications and recommend appropriate action.
r.
r Prepare a case file and recommend charges on the Directors for failing to declare
income and pay taxes to the Kenya Revenue Authority.
I Offence likely to be disclosed
1. Failure to pay taxes contrary to section 45 (1) (d) of the Anti-Corruption and
Economics Act 0[2003
2. Money laundering activities
TUSKERl\IATTRESSES LTD
A scrutiny of the documents obtained from the company's premises and the Chartcrhousc
Dank revealed the following:
r The company operates a current bank account No 301 which had a balance of
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Kshs. 4.3 billion from 2 May 2003 to September 20004
r The bank account was opened in the year 2001 but was not disclosed III the
official books of accounts for the years 200 I and 2002
r However Chartcrhouse bank is included in the final accounts for the years 2003
and 200.+
r We have also discovered that the company's Directors operate numerous other
accounts with the Charlerhouse Dank in the tOIlH of fixed deposit accounts,
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savings accounts, and current accounts and call accounts. These accounts
numbering about seventy-five reflect huge balances
Additional findings
";.- Going by banked sales and V AT declared account, we observe that the
supermarket has under declared their sales by Kshs. 911,(19)87 between July
] 999 to June 200-1- which would attract a VAT levy of approximately 1G0,998,230
in principal amount alone.
r The corresponding figure [or period under review i.e. July 2003 to June 200..+we
find an under-declaration of Kshs. 59,397,968, which would attract a V AT levy of
approximately Kshs. 9,503,674 in principal amount alone.
r Between July 2002 and June 2004, the company also understated their purchases
by KsI1S. 437,679,937, which would attract Kshs. 75,808,414 in principal VAT
levy.
r The corresponding figure [or July 2003 to June 2004 is Kshs. 148,698,662, which
t.
( ;.:- Access the computer data and verify the figures quoted above.
;..... Establish the final taxable amount and assess tax.
r Obtain Bank account records of the numerous fixed deposit, call deposits and
current account deposits of the company and the Directors held at Charterhouse
Dank and Barclays Bank and investigate if any of the supermarket sales proceeds
are banked directly into those accounts
r Prepare a else file and recommend charges on the Directors of Tusker .\Iattrcsses
for failing to declare income and pay taxes clue to the Kenya Revenue Authority.
r: Kenya Revenue Authority to commence recovery of the taxes due.
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The second phase of the investigations will focus on the remaining four entities with the
aim of unraveling the network of secrct bank accounts with the attendant tax evasions,
illegal money transfers and violation of banking rules by big businesses. This second
phase should start as soon as thc first phase is considerably concluded.
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CIUl\IES ill' CHARTEIUIOUSE
ill' TIlE TASK FORCE INYESTIGATI:\G
ilA~K AND RELATED COl\lPA1'ILES
ECO~O;\IIC
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'r The Kcnya Anti-Corruption Commission backed by officers from the Kenya
Rcvenuc Authority and the Banking Fraud Invcstigation Department made a
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surprise raid to the follmving four establishlllclltS.
r- 1) Charterhouse
2) Tusker Mattresses
Bank
r 3) Crcati vc Innovations
4) WE Tilley (Muthaiga)
Lim ited
Ltd
! J) Tusker M attrcsscs
2) Creative Innovations
3) WE Tilley (Muthaiga) Ltd
4) Sailesh Prajapati
5) D Shah
G) Paolo Sattanino
;.:. For the convenicnce of opcrating within the period within which the Kenya Anti-
Corruption Commission can Icgnlly investigatc, the Task Force decided to
initially scrutinize the records of the first three companies starting from 2nJ 1\lay
2003 to date with a view to est:.tblishing any illcidence of VAT and Income Tax
e\'aSlon.
;.- The following findings have been made following the scrutiny of the company's
records \'is-:'t-vis (he bank records,
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1. CREATIVE INNOVATIONS LTD
).- Computed V AT evasions plus penalties for the period amount to Kshs.
202,491,498 for that period.
,. The corresponding VAT and Additional Tax liability [or the period May 2003 to
October 2004 is Kshs. 44,839,492.
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>- Compile a case file and recommend charges on the Directors of Creative
I' Innovations [or failure to pay VAT and Additional Tax in the tunc of Kshs.
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44,839,492 to the Kenya Revenue Authority in the period from March 2003 to
October 2004
r The Kenya Revenue Authority to recover from Creative Innovations Ltd the
amounts owed in VAT and Additional Tax.
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'r W E Tilley Muthaiga Ltd IS a fish processing and export company with sister
companies Tanzania.
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companies and receives payments on their behalf.
r Total sales for the period May 2003 to October 200-1 amounted to Kshs.
5,230,206,791.25 while the total deposits into their official bank accounts amount
to Kshs, 5,030,611,476.00.
:,... Allowing for exchange rate gains (losses) it seems the deposits in their official
bank accounts compensate for the sales proceeds of the three sister companies.
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Kcnyan Tax Authority.
r There is evidence that the company trades heavily II1 foreign currency with a
number ofForex Bureaus.
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Contact the Tanzanian Revenue Authority to find out whether thc Tanzanian
...• ~ sister companies declare their export earnings in Tanzania .
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If the amounts arc not brought to charge in Tanzania, then the relevant Kenyan
tax will be assessed on the balance not declared in Kenya.
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Establish the implications of trading in foreign currency, assess the income
earned, determine the tax implications and recommend appropriate action.
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Prepare a case file and recommend charges on the Directors for failing to declare
income and pay taxes to the Kenya Revenue Authority.
,.. The corresponding figure [or period under review i.e. July 2003 to June 2004 we
find an under-declaration of Kshs. 59,397,968, which would attract a VAT levy of
approximately Kshs. 9,503,G74 in principal amount alone.
;,- Between July 2002 and June 2004, tile company also understated their purchases
by Kshs. 437,679,937, which would attract Kshs. 75,S08,414 in principal VAT
lev)'.
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would attract the VAT levy of Kshs. 23,791,785 in principal sum.
r: The above figurcs can only bc confirmed after:
);- Acccss the computer data and verify the figures quoted above.
l.·~ ;Y Establish the final taxable amount and assess tax.
)..- Obtain Bank account records of the numerous fixed deposit, call deposits and
current account deposits of the company and the Directors held at Chartcrhousc
Bank and Bare lays Bank and investigate if any of the supermarket sales proceeds
are banked directly into those accounts
)..- It is believed that the account is operated by big businesses in town that deposit
sales proceeds into the account and hope (0 hide them using the cloak of client's
COil fidcn ti ~l!i t y under the ad vee ales ac t.
Next course of action
>- Await service of the order to determine the next course of action.
5. D SHAll ACCOUNT
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>- Between 5 May 2003 and yd November 2004, the account received a total of
Kshs. 601%8171.33 in deposits.
);.- Some of the deposits have been cstab lished as cash transfers from sundry
creditors.
;- The equivalent is then taken out as Idd issued by order of Mr. D Shah
[ ).- Trace the fdds and try to establish the beneficiaries of the transfers.
/'" Establish the real source of funds and detenninc whether it is a parallel account to
hide sales proceeds for companies.
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availed. They were allegedly burnt in a gocdown
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KsllS. 555,618,102.25 deposited between 2nd May 2003 and 2nd August 2004
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Most deposits from Nakurnatt holdings and transfers from sundry creditors.
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In one instance an equivalent of the amount transferred from Sundry Creditors is
taken out through Idil's by order ofvarious persons
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Next course of action
;;- Charge those responsible [or tax evasion with the offence of committing an
eCOnOl1lIC crime
;,. Pursue the destination of tile funds transferred out of tile account by telegraph ar,
establish whether any laws have been contravened.
CONCLUSION
The -first phase of this exercise focused on the first three companies with the ann of
investigating allegations of VAT and Income T:-Ix evasions. The three are:
i) Creative Innovations
ji) \V E Tilley (J\luth:liga) Ltd
iii) Tusker :-'lattresscs
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The second phJSC of thc investigations will focus on the remaining four entities with thc
aim of unraveling thc network of secret bank accounts with the attendant tax evasions,
illegal money transfers and violation of banking rules by big businesses. This second
phase should start as soon as the first phase is considerably concluded.
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OTII ER ENTITIES
I' Bank account details were sought for the following entities and below are the
observations from the information obtained from Chartcrhousc Bank
. Howcver, according to documents availed from other sources within the task force, one
.f of the accounts, CA 01 - 000563 received deposits amounting to Kshs. 380,548,898
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starting from 8 March 2004 to lSI September 2004. Information from the same source
also -indicated that the bank acts on unsigned instructions supposedly from Kariuki
f\luigua, raising the possibility that the instructions arc prepared within the bank. It is also
believed that the account is actually operated by some of the big businesses in town but
shielded by the cloak of clients' confidentiality.
Latest developments
r: The bank forwarded a copy of another high court order baring the Kenya Anti-
Corruption Commission from invcstigating the account.
> This later High Court order has not been served on the Commission as at the timc
ofJ1laking this report.
r It is believed that the account is operated by big businesses in town that deposit
sales proceeds into the account and hope to hide them using the cloak of client's
confidentiality under the advocates act.
Next course of action
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section 45 (1) (d) of the Anti-Corruption and Economics Act of2003
D SIL\H ACCOCNT
This <lCCOUl1thas received a total of Kshs. GOl,%8,171.33 in deposits for the period
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starting fr0111 5lh May 2003 to 3 November 2004 mostly in huge cash deposits. It is also
reilcets huge cash withdrawals. It is believed that the related companies use this account
as a secret parallel account through which to hide sales proceeds. The account opening
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documcnts could not reveal the owner.
r Some of the deposits have been established as cash transfers from sundry
creditors.
r: The equivalent is then taken out as fdd issued by order of 1\'1r. D Shah
';- Collect debit and credit vouchers effecting entries into this account and establish
the source of the funds
I .. 'r Interview Charterhouse bank officials and try to trace the owner of the account
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;. If a case is established of VAT and Income Tax evasion, then charge the
companies their directors with committing an economic crime
,. Trace the fdJ's and try to establish the beneficiaries of the transfers.
r Establish the real source of funds and determine whether it is a parallel account to
hide sales proceeds for companies.
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I Tax evasion
Act 0[2003
contrary to section 45 (I) (d) of the Anti-Corruption and Economics Crimes
The bank claimed that account-opening documents in respect to this account were burnt
down in a fire,
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However, between 2" 1\'1:1y2003 and 2nJ August 2004 the account received Kshs.
551,518,102.25 in the form of huge cash deposits, and cheques from Nakummatt
Holdings. The account also reflects cash withdrawals in an usually huge amounts. It is
believed that this is account is also used by big business in town like to hide sales
proceeds.
Additional findings
r. Most deposits from Nakumatt holdings and transfers from sundry creditors.
:r. 111one instance an equivalent of the amount transferrcd from Sundry Creditors is
taken out through fJJ's by order of various persons
Next course of action
r Collect debit and credit vouchers effecting cntries into this account and establish
the source of the funds
Ie r Interview Charlcrhouse bank officials and try to trace the OW11erof the account
r If a case is established
I companies
of VAT and Income
their directors with committing
Tax
an economic
evasion,
crime.
then charge the
Iv! 1'. Paolo Satlanino operates three foreign accounts with Chartcrhousc Bank.
Howe\'c\'cr, the bank opening dOcllIllents contains the name of Capricorn SRL The bank
officials claimed that those are the documents for the account. The bank opening
docllIllents arc al1 account opening J{J!1l1and two letters signed by Paolo Sattunino one as
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hirnscl f and the other as the Managing Director of Capricorn SRL. The letters authorize
the bank to act on 12 - Mail instructions from the writer.
A scrutiny of the bank statement revealed that the above account received USD
657,651.2 (the equivalent of Kshs, 52 million) between 151 April 2004 and 3rJ November
2004 by w~y of transfer mostly fr0111 Creative Innovations and Kingsway. Telegraphic
transfer of foreign exchange takes out an equivalent amount to recipients like several
recipients like Tradcx.
Steps to he undertaken
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i ? Establ ish the purpose of the funds transferred into his account
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'r Establish the tax implications on the activities of this account.
r l\SSCSS appropriate lax
).... Charge those responsible [or tax evasion \Vit11 the offence of C0I11111ilting an
ccononuc cnrnc
r: Pursue the destination of the funds transferred out of the account by telegraph and
establish whether any laws have been contravened.
This account received a total ofEuros 392,387.49 (the equivalent of Kshs, 40,808,298) in
the short period between 1 st
April 2004 and 22nJ October 2004. Similarly, the deposits
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were by way of transfers from Creative Innovations and D Shah accounts, Debits in the
I account a by way of telegraphic transfers to foreign destinations.
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Steps to he undertaken
r Charge those responsible for tax evasion with the offence of committing an
economic crrmc
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Tax evasion contrary to section 45 (1) (d) of the Anti-Corruption and Economics Crimes
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Act of 2003
The bank claimed that account-opening documents in respect to this account were burnt
down in a fire.
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However, between 2/l 1\1:11' 2003 and 2nd August 2004 the accoun: received Kshs.
551,518,102.25 in the form of huge cash deposits, and cheques from Nakummau
1 Holdings. The account also reflects cash withdrawals in an usually huge amounts. It is
Additional findings
r Most deposits Irorn Nakumau holdings and transfers from sundry creditors.
:,:.. 111 one instance an equivalent of the amount transferred from Sundry Creditors is
taken out through fJd's by order of various persons
Next cour-se of action
> Collect debit and credit vouchers effecting entries into this account and establish
the source of the funds
r Interview Chartcrhous., bank officials and try to trace the oWl~er of the account
r If a case is established of VAT and Income Tax evasion, then charge the
companies their directors with committing an economic crime.
Mr. Paolo Sattanino operates three foreign accounts with Ch~lrterhousc Bank.
Howcvcvc- the bank opening documents contains the name of Capricorn SRL The bank
officials claimed that those arc the documents for the account. The hank opening
documents JI'C <Inaccount opening form and two letters signed by Paolo Sattunino, one as
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'r Pursue the destination of the funds transferrcd out of the account by telegraph and
cstahlish whether any laws have been contravened
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KENYA DANK OF
KENYA
j l:uie -'i'·;:"si..: Avenue
1'.0. Box 6!;<XD N:lirobi Kenya
Dccemcc. :2:2. 2(/J4 Telepbone 22(;-n j Tciex 22124
The Dircc:or
l\enya f\n(:·Ccrr~ption Commission
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Dellr Sir
'Ne i1Ch~o','..ICC::?C receipt of your letter dated December 15, 2004 and note with concern the
hurdles you (:HC being in accessing information from Chalierhouse bank.
Although- we believe thut the various options referred to in your Jetter may "be fraught with
cie!c\ys and counter court actions" we nonetheless are of the view that it would be
l1p:Jroj)riC1lc for you to seek the opinion of the Attorney Genera! in respect of the hurdles you
arc encour;:c:'ing in the course of your investigation especially having regard to the powers
bestowed upon you by the statutes.
Needless to say, the Central Bank will endeilvour to follow' up with the bank the mutters
ri'.l!scd in your letter in so far as they relate to compliance with the Central Bank of Kenya
ACl, Bllr:kinS Act and the Regulations issued thereunder as well as the Prudential Regulations
issued by tj'~c Central Bank. To facilitute this, we would appreciate yow' availinq to us any
c-- ;xklitioi1i:d i"fcl'~1illiion of fClilure/rcfusal to provide data by the Chalierhouse bank that you
would w.sh to draw to our attention so as to enable us demand the same from the institution.
You ,~:,,/' '.'..si: » i;(;18, however, that the info:'mation gathered by the Central Bonk can only
be i.scd k.:· ".ir regulatory function under the Banking Act arid cannot be availed to you 'in
viev, of ~:~(;C()iIStri:liiits imposed on the Bank under the Act with reqard to disclosure of
i:,:I):'iL'i:i()i~ l)i,'l(i:ncd in the course of inspectio'IS.
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CIVIL SUIT NO. 329 OF 2006
VERSUS
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3A~K OF KE~YA FIRST 'DEFENDANT
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REPLYING AFFIDAVIT
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2005
:>:·~:".:2~~, ".:0 establish t.ie status of compliance and the
;: .. z: .: ..• -:::i:m c stabii sned that remedial action had been taken on
( IT:;)S: 0:- the violations with the exception of those relating to the
";~.:"lj;.!)your customer procedures'.
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}:.~Ji the foregoing = verily believe that the Plaintiff's
;·::':j)~:c2,tion·dated the 23rd day of June, 2006 has no merit and
~o.: :::~:c: riot be s u st ain ed by tnis Honourable Court and confirm
.:::.?,;: wh at is deponed hereinabove is true to the best of my
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AIJVOCATES
3R:) FI.OOR
AC:':( C".c.RDEN HOUSE
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Tel.: 254 (020)27173181310722
• iNTEGRITY CENTR.E
Fax: 254 (020) 27197572 0 (i
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P.O. Box 6113(j Email: kacc@integrity.go.kU l~
00200. NAIR013/; KenyJ
T:"\8 GO";ernor
Central Bank of Kenya
P.O. Box GQOOO-00200
NAIROBI ~.
REF: INTER AGENCY INVESTIGATION "ON ECONOMIC CRIMES BY
CHARTERHOUSE BANK LTD AND RELATED COMPANIES
Reference is made to the interim report of the Task Force carrying out the above
referenced investigation.
I would like to bring to your attention the hurdles we are facing especially with
respect to obtaining records, information and explanations from the Charterhouse
Bank Ltd, which could delay the expeditious conclusion of our investigations and
probably affect tile eventual outcome.
The foliO\,ying are some of the dmicullies we are experiencing with the bank.
1. The bank does not maintain sufficient bank opening documents and other
documentation for its client's account. For instance;
(iv) The bank gave us the account opening form of Capricon SRL
for the accounts of Paolo Sattanino. No other documents were
made available to us for all the three foreign currency accounts
of Paolo Sattanino. Huge foreign exchange transfers to the
tune of Ksh.89,000,000 were effected through these accounts to
foreign destinations between May 2003- October 2004.
3. The bank has consistently resisted investigations into the accounts' of "
f<:::r:uki Muigua (clients accounts) citing court orders barring any party from
:::',:c'2ssing them. We however have evidence that the bank acts on
unsigned instructions to operate the accounts of Kariuki Muigua. It is
suspectod that these instructions are prepared within the bank and that
the accounts are operated on behalf of big businesses as parallel
accounts for illegal purposes.
4. ~r1formation with the task force indicates that this bank mainly runs
fict:tious accounts for some of the big businesses in town for purposes of
tax evasion, siphoning of money out of the country into offshore accounts
2::C probably money laundering. Some of the bank accounts mentioned
;:1:")ovoare actually run by big business in assumed names, hence the lack
(;; p ro I)I! r dnr.1 irl1r:!1 [; I! inn
,-'.: :-;jSK Force ':8S considered various options, some of which would be
,') ",-,,-10 court orciors, ~',nd do rnari 1 for morn documents or contest some of
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~;-,e court orders their "clients" have obtained to bar any party from
il:\'cstigating their accounts. We 'Jbserved that either of the options would
:-';e fraught with delays and counter court actions which would further
;Gl,:Jedeour progress.
The team is also concerned that while the bank and its clients place
hurdles on our way, they could in the meantime be destroying all trace of
evidence and even liquidating some of their assets and moving them
offshore thus rendering our efforts even more futile.
The Task Force feels that the bank, being at the centra of this
i'w8stigation is at the same time the biggest obstacle to the investigation.
:~is for the above reasons that I a:n writing to you as the Regulator to seek
your intervention on this matter.
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DR. J. P. MUTONYI, MBS
FOR: DIRECTOR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE
ce. Director
Kenya Anti Corruption Commission
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Kenya National Commission on Human Rights
l st Floor, CVS Plaza. Lenana Road, P.O. Box 74359 - O{l200~Nairobi - Kenya.
Tel: 254-20~27179()8/2717928!271725612712664, Fax: 254~20~2716160
Email: haki qJknchr.ol'g
KNCHR/COF/47
Dear Sir
The above named persons have been to our office citing fears for their personal safety
arising out of their role in matters relating to Charterhouse Bank. We are asking your
office to provide both Mr. Odhiambo and Mr. Mwirigi with security to guarantee their
personal safety from harm
The events surrounding this issue are that in April 2004, when Mr. Odhiambo was
employed as the Internal Auditor at Charterhouse Bank, he came across information
touching on various economic crimes that included money -laundering, tax evasion,
violation of the Banking Act and the Central Bank of Kenya Act, being perpetrated by
the owners and management of the bank.
He relayed this information to the Kenya Revenue Authority in the same month. In
August 2004, this information was transmitted to then Minister for Finance Hon.
David Mwiraria with a promise of strict confidentiality. Based on this information,
Hon. Mwiraria through the Central Bank of Kenya constituted an Inter Agency Task
Force chaired by the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission to carry out a detailed
investigation into the violations cited in that report.
During the course of the investigations by the task force, Mr. Odhiambo assisted the
Task Force with additional information including the forensic audit on Charterhouse
Bank. In August 2004 as the work of the task force was ongoing, Mr. Odhiambo was
advised by his contacts within the Task Force to resign his job at Charterhouse Bank
and in view of his cooperation, the Central Bank of Kenya offered him alternative
employment in February 2005 in the Internal Audit Department
His role in assisting the Task Force was regrettably leaked to the owners and the
management of Charterhouse Bank around November 2004 and as a result he started
receiving anonymous and threatening phone calls through his mobile phone. He also
noticed several suspicious persons inquiring about where he lived. Owing to these
inquiries, Mr. Odhiambo was forced to dispatch his family-his wife and two children-
out of the country. Since then, he has been forced to move houses thrice.
On Friday ih of July 2006, Mr. Odhiambo reported to work and was called by his
supervisor Mrs. Laanoi where he was introduced to a visitor who wanted to speak
with him in private. The Central Bank head of security Mr. Sangoro who was present,
suggested that the meeting take place in his office. Mr. Odhiambo informs us that he
found two other persons in Security Chief's office who he was introduced to as police
officers from Central Police Station.
Mr. Odhiambo was shown a copy of the employment detail form he had completed
upon joining Charterhouse Bank and told that the officers had instructions to
accompany him to his house to conduct a search. They also told him they were
interested in Mr. Titus Mwirigi; a member of the Task Force inquiring into the affairs
of Charterhouse Bank and also a referee to Mr. Odhiambo in the Charterhouse Bank
employment. Once Mr. Sangoro realized that the intended search involved
Charterhouse Bank, he decided to inform his superior-the Head of the Banking Fraud
Irlvestigation Department-upon which the Governor of the Central Bank Mrs. Jacinta.
Mwatela intervened to stop Mr. Odhiambo's intended arrest.
Mrs. Mwatela after scrutinizing the documents presented by the police established
that they lacked any legal basis for his arrest and therefore asked the police to leave.
The affidavit these police officers presented as a basis for Mr. Odhiambo's arrest was
found by the Governor to be unenforceable, inauthentic and illegal because it was not
signed by the present Manager of Charterhouse Bank Ms. Rose Detho. We are
therefore asking your office to investigate the circumstances under which the police
allegedly based their actions and whether the attempt to arrest Mr. Odhiambo had
been authorized by any of your officers. We have reason to suspect that the purported
police actions could be dubious because the police have not returned to the Bank since
then.
Since this incident, Mr. Odhiambo informs our office that he has received numerous
telephone calls warning him of dire consequences in view of the events that now
surround the closure of Charter House Bank. He informs us that he has also received a
lot of calls from people who claim to know these people, warning him of their
capabilities to harm him. The callers have even told him to leave the country if he can.
We are formally asking your office for a written guarantee on the personal safety and
security of Mr. Peter Odhiambo and Mr. Titus Mwirigi. Our basis for asking for Mr.
Mwirigi's guarantee of safety is the fact that those threatening Mr. Odhiambo with
physical harm have also expressed interest in him.
Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political rights provides for the
right of everyone to enjoy security of the person which right is also guaranteed by
Section 70 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya. Every Kenyan is entitled to
life, liberty, security of the person and the protection of law. Now that Messrs
Odhiambo's and Mwirigi's personal safety has become a matter of national concern
on account of the events that surround Charterhouse bank, it is our sincere belief that
the police have a duty to ensure that their right to security of their persons is not
infringed.
We further draw your attention to Section 392 of the Penal Code (Cap 63 Laws of
Kenya) which imposes a duty on citizens to prevent commission of crimes by making
it an offence to neglect to prevent a felony. It reads:
May we also add that should anything untoward compromise the safety and security
of Mr. Odhiambo or Mr. Mwirigi, then suspicion will remain that those responsible
are the owners of Charterhouse Bank, their agents and / or some elements within the
police force.
We are looking forward to receiving your response on the above issues at the earliest
possible opportunity. In the meantime, we have taken the liberty of copying in the
Ministers of Justice, Internal Security, and the honourable Attorney General inviting
their intervention on these issues of immense public interest.
Sincerely
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Maina Kiai
Chairman
Ms Rose Detho
Statutory Manager, Charterhouse Bank
Mr. Speaker Sir, I beg the indulgence of the house to clarify certain
matters related to Charterhouse Bank, as a result of documents tabled in
the house
, by a member, and subsequent allegations made.
The media reports and the different statements that have been made on
the Charter house Bank, have created the impression that:-
(a) The charges facing the Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya,
Dr. Andrew Mullei, are as a result of his efforts to bring to a halt
tax evasion, money laundering and 'other related offences by
Charter HouseBank Ltd and related companies;~cording[y, I
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wish to set the record straight on this very important national
issue ~
(b) That the government has been reluctant to act on the findings of
the investigation.
3. KACCand KRA continued with investigations into the matter against the
mentioned firms that had accounts at Charter House Bank. The
(~ investigations are at different stages of completion and appropriate
actions will be taken. I wish to request the house to respect the
confidentiality of the investigations in order to protect the outcomes
from unnecessary interference.
Mr. Speaker, Han. Members may wish to note that in April and July 2005,
the Governor made recommendations for renewal of the Bank's license and
opening
. of a new branch at Nakumatt Supermarket in Nairobi on, grounds
that the overall financial conditions of the bank was satisfactory and
that the bank was fully compliant with the requirements of the Banking
Act and th.e Central Bank Prudential ~egu(ations.,
(i) The charging of Dr. MuUei in court and his subsequent suspension
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I"~ , is based on specific charges, and had absolutely nothing to do with
his stand on the Charter Housebank;
(ii) Dr. JAullei did not act on the recommendations of the inter-agency
task force to take action against Charter House Bank for one year
and three months;
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(iii) As tate as 16 January, 2006, the Governor recommended the
renewal of the Bank's license on the basis that the institution has
maintained a sound financial condition over the years and is in
compliance with the Banking Act and Central Bank Prudential
Regu Iati ons"
(iv) Dr. MuUei wrote to the Minister for Finance on the eve of his
being charged in court.
(v) Follcwing receipt of the letter of March 20, 2006 I directed CBKto
send a team to Charter House Bank to update the status of the
2004 report as at end of March 2006. This report was completed
and given to the managers of the Charter House Bank on June 21st
for their comments in accordance with existing procedures.
While awaiting the response, which is expected next week, a
C leaked copy of the November 2004 report was tabled in
'Parliament. This caused unnecessary panic in the banking 'sector
and in order to protect the interest of. depositors and the bank, I
regrettably approved the appointment of a Statutory Manager for
Charter House Bank on June 22nd, 2006.
Mr. Speaker, I trust that members of this August House and the public at' ..
large are now better informed on the facts of this matter.
BANKI
Governor KUU YA
KENYA
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STATUS OF CHARTERHOUSE BANK LIMITED INVESTIGATIONS
FUliher to my previous briefings to the Minister for Finance on September 23, 2004 and
October 29, 2004, I would like to provide an update on the status of investigations
relating to Ci~clrterhoLlse Bank activities.
As a backg~OLi~~dof these investigations, the Centra] Bank had set up a Due Diligence
Team in 200.3 to examine more carefully than was generally done by Bank Supervision,
the i)clil}i'ies of banks that apj)earcd to have some problems. On the basis of
infor:11<:ltioi1r,::cei'v'cd from the Minister for Finance, the Due Diligence Team inspected
Charterhousc Gclnk activities. Charterhouse ostensibly looked satisfactory but detailed.
examinilt:on {,)und thi'lt a number -of account holders actually had multiple bank
accounts ','ihid, is (J s:andard way of detecting potentia! tax evasion. The corporations
and individual; that were identified are shown ir: the Results section below.
Using the infnrmii:iOi1 received from the Minister for Finance, the Due Ditigence Team
CX<1111inedthese accounts f!1ore closely and it was found that almost all of them were
linked to NakliITlatt Holdings. The CBK through the Governor informed the Minister for
Finance of the outcome of these investigations and got his approval to convoke a
meeting with (;H~ Director, I\:enya Anti Corruption Authority (Justice A Rinqera), the
Permanent Secretary, GO'Jernance and Ethics (,;ohn Githongo), and the Director, Public
Proseci.ltic:ls "Phiii:J Murgor) to discuss the way forward.
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rc;yc:;cn:cc! 1_);; \lr \1el Smith, Forensic Auditor and KRA by Mr J G Nduati, Senior
Deputy Co.r.rnissioncr (Investigations). The ?ublic Prosecutor's office was invited to
attend but \.,:s r.ot ~'egular in attendance.
This /vction Tcarn, in view of its membership, was able to do more detailed investigation
since informarion from alternative sources was made available which would not have
been possible under the Banking Act. This investigation fully endorsed the suspicion
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that there was significant tax evasion. Up to the 30 November 2004 there were two
interim reports prepared. Thereafter the CBl< was not informed nor was it requested to
provide further support. The second interim report of the Joint Action Team, dated 30th
November 2004, is the basis of the data presented in this letter.
Since l<RA has the capacity to work on retroactive information, it was to pursue taxes
while 10\CC would pursue economic crimes that were identified after 2nd May 2003, the
effective date of the Economic Crimes Act. More detailed work would undoubtedly have
) yielded more siqnificant results.
Nevertheless, will: the information available in the second. interim report, one can
conclude that these orqanizaiions (including Nakumatt) would appear to have evaded
tux wilh the collusion of Charterhouse Bank to the extent of between Ksh.2 and 3 billion
in any one year. lf penalties were levied on top of this it would be much more than
twice this amount. Furthermore, the partial accounts that have been examined only
cover one year and there is every reason to believe, in view of the fact that these
accounts all had opening balances, that the operation has been continuous for 5 to 6
years.
There is an extensive group of allied accounts that were identified but not fully
examined. These arc mentioned generically here below. These undoubtedly involved
significant tax evasion if not other economic crimes.
Results from the Second Interim Joint Task Force Report MINISTER FOR I=INANCE
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G. Paob Si1lti1nino
For ::·.StCl:1CC.
i: should be noted that Nakuma:t has never shown a profit to dote, always
losses. lts \'X: jJCl'ylments are be[\l;een )\5h.33 and Ksh.85 million per annum. Uchumi
pays Ksh.500 to Ksh.600 million per annum. As Nakurnatt's turnover is much larger
than Uchu:»i, you would expect cOllJoration .ax and VAT to be in the range of Ksh.1.8
to 1\5:,2.5 0::::cn per annum.
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r<j:-igS·\l ..'(lY Tyrcs and its associate companies as well as the John Harun Group had
multiple accounts whicl: arc linked to the Nakumatt network but were not fully
On the '0L:S:~ ')~ ;Lis information, it now seems appropriate that the Minister for Finance
ccul.i ;):"O'.:c)<~ ;<:~:\'.\Iiil; the des of the identified accounts. The Minister may also query
ii.c i~'.CS: z;::c::,Z<CjL;S difference between Uchurr.is payment of VAT and Nakurnatt's.
I am concc-r.cd that the evidence of collusion between Charterhouse and its customers
il.:r::;~_:es Know Your Customer reoulat.ons seems to have made Charterhouse
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[3,111;, c::~;i.lb:::y \.0 the probity of the financial sector and I would recommend that you
consider witi;cL"'lwing its licence. Clearly any action should be taken in such a way that
.nforrna.ion c;,:';'cnl\ stored in the bank cannot be destroyed.
I am sure that you ore fully aware that this letter should only go to the authorities whom
you may direct to take. action. \
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