Philip Chrisantus Obure
Fraudulent businessman Philip Chrisantus Obure, also known as Chris Obure, has entered a plea of not guilty to charges of forgery, providing false information, and presenting false documents.
This plea was made before Chief Magistrate Susan Shitubi at the Milimani Law Court earlier today. The charges against Obure highlight his alleged involvement in deceptive activities, including the creation and use of fraudulent documents.
The formal court proceedings will now proceed as the case moves forward.
Obure was arrested yesterday after detectives based at the Serious Crime Unit, backed by DCI’s Document Examiners, established that the businessman had presented forged binding resolutions, fronting them as genuine, in an attempt to claim ownership of multimillion Senteu Plaza.
Obure, whose firm, SBS Dunhill East Africa, is housed at the Plaza, had previously used the said documents to fraudulently obtain money from foreigners whom he lured into believing he was the owner of the Plaza.
The suspect pleaded not guilty to the four charges against him and was awarded a personal bond of Ksh 500,000 and a surety of the same amount or cash bail of Ksh 200,000 with 1 personal contact.
This comes days after a judgment delivered by Justice Patrick Otieno at Milimani High Court on January 23, 2025, giving the Assets Recovery Agency a greenlight to recover over Sh 18 million from two private jet leasing firms linked to Obure following their suspicious involvement in an international money laundering syndicate.
