-A fake filmmaker has been busted trying to con one of the largest private University in Kenya over Ksh 20 million
-The man had lied to his target that he is
one of the most sought movie producers in the US with the aim of defrauding one
of the most successful businessman and educationist in Kenya
A US based foreigner who came to Kenya a
while ago thinking that he could con Kenyan’s millions of shillings has found
his dose of medicine.
This is after he was busted and taken to
court after he tried to defraud Mount Kenya University KSh 20 million.
The man who claimed to own a film
production firm in the US identified as XL Squad Entertainment had approached
Kenya’s largest university in student population with a proposal to enter into
a pact that would see the production of a movie titled The Last Result.
His conviction, sources say, undoubtedly
inspired MKU to listen to his pitch but in the process discovered that some
things were not adding up.
The Thika-based University decided to send
a team of experts to the US to do a background check about both the company and
the individual concerned.
What followed was a shocking revelation
that XL Squad Entertainment never existed and had no capacity to undertake any
serious production.
Sensing danger and imminent public
embarrassment, XL Squad Entertainment moved to a US court and filed a suit
alleging being shortchanged
But United States district judge Thomas
Thrash Jr dismissed the suit filed by the XL Squad Entertainment. The man had
been cornered.
“In this case, the parties seem to have anticipated some
sort of final agreement that would be signed between them. They also provided
for either party to unilaterally withdraw from the deal ‘at any time’ and ‘for
any or no reason’.” The Judge said.
“The presence of these clauses seems to
indicate that the parties did not mean to be bound by the terms of the proposed
deal beyond their good faith efforts to negotiate. Rather, the letter of intent
simply stood as an outline for a future final agreement,” Justice Thrash Jr
explained
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