A 59-year-old Kenyan has been sentenced to 11 years in prison in the United States (US) after being found guilty of fraud.
According to a statement by the Office of Public Affairs of the United States Department of Justice, the Kenyan named Paul Maucha, used his company to con American citizens.
The statement explained that the company known as the American Eagle Services Group Inc. (AESG) promised to provide loans to several victims.
However, those requiring loans were asked to pay a fee in advance before receiving the money they needed.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Paul Maucha, 59, along with a co-conspirator, engaged in a scheme through a shell company Maucha controlled, American Eagle Services Group Inc.
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Blunder that led to the Arrest of the Kenyan
Maucha reportedly lied to his clients about the assets the company held and how he was able to access the money he was giving out for loans.
“In particular, Maucha—through AESG—promised victims who were seeking loans that AESG would provide them with these loans.
“The victims were required to first provide AESG with an advanced fee, but the company misrepresented the purpose of that fee,” explained the statement.
Further, for assurance, he told the clients that he would return the advance fees if he did not service their loans. Instead, he spent all the money wired to him with his business partner, until the company went bankrupt.
“As proven at trial, however, Maucha and his co-conspirator knew that AESG did not have the capital to make these loans at the time the lending agreements were executed,
“And refunds to victims could not be assured because Maucha and his co-conspirator were splitting the fees between themselves and spending them, such that there was no money left to be refunded.”
Moreover, a federal jury convicted Maucha of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, two counts of wire fraud, and one count of engaging in monetary transactions in criminally derived property.
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Kenyan Nurse Risks Jail in US
Earlier in June, US authorities arrested a 23-year-old Kenyan Nurse, Candy Soita, and charged him for two counts of vehicular homicide and one count of vehicular assault.
Additionally, Soita was reported to have been involved in a wrong-way road crash in Washington state, United States (US), and reported to have been driving a Ford Edge SUV while drunk when the accident occurred.
Subsequently, the accident claimed the lives of two soldiers stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington State on Sunday, June 2.
According to the Washington State Patrol, the soldiers who were identified as Spc. Charles T. Fairbairn, 29 years, and Spc. Wendell T. Cerio, 22 years, died in the crash.
Soita was a nursing student at the Tacoma Community College and was working as a certified Nursing Assistant at Share and Care Staffing LLC.
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