Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji says he will appeal a court decision to release a man facing charges in the US on bond.
Haji says Abdulrahman Imran Juma was released on a Sh1 million bond with a surety of a similar amount by High Court judge Dora Chepkwony on May 19, 2022.
"Having been dissatisfied with the High Court’s ruling, the prosecution intends to appeal against the court's decision to release the fugitive on bond terms pending the determination of the extradition proceedings," Haji said in a tweet on Friday.
Imran is wanted by the Grand Jury for the United States District Court of the Central District of California to face charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and aggravated identity theft.
According to Haji, Justice Chepkwony set aside an earlier order by Chief Magistrate Wendy Micheni denying Imran bail.
The Chief Magistrate had denied him bail after finding that the fugitive was facing serious crimes in the USA with the possibility of long jail terms.
Haji said the prosecution objected to his release in both courts on grounds that the extradition case before the Chief Magistrate was at the highlighting of submissions stage and that the fugitive was still a flight risk.
Imran is said to be part of a syndicate that orchestrated a scheme with his co-conspirators, who are already before the USA Courts, to defraud Americans.
He was found in possession of 2 passports, one of which was undocumented. Imran was also going by several aliases.
