A US-based businesswoman wants the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Renson Ingonga to formally charge a Kenyan money transfer executive over an alleged fraud scheme involving over Sh27.5 million
In the letter addressed to DPP Ingonga, Rahma Abdullah Adam has accused Abdullahi Abdi Hussein, a former branch manager at Taaj Money Transfer of defrauding and leaving her financially and emotionally drained.
Rahma Abdullah through her lawyer Danstan Omari, wants the DPP to approve charges against Abdullahi who is out on a bail of Sh100,000 pending investigations after being presented in a Kibera court under a miscellaneous application.
She says the cash bail given to Abdullahi is “below the proportionate amount she has been disenfranchised of”.
“Our client did make a report at the DCI Kilimani police station on January 2, 2025, and Abdi was arrested on the same day, presented to court on January 6, 2025 and is out on cash bail of Kenya Shillings one hundred thousand, which is way below the proportionate amount that our client has been disenfranchised of,” read the court documents.
Rahma who’s a child-care giver in the US alleges that she first met Abdullahi Abdi in June 2023, when she, visiting Kenya to purchase a house, exchanged USD22,000 at Taaj Money Transfer in Eastleigh, Nairobi.
In May 2024, Rahma claims, Abdullahi convinced her to invest USD100,000 for a 20% stake in a new money transfer branch named Daimon, a business they were setting up and would be ready by the end of September 2024, and would kick off immediately.
The funds were wired through an intermediary in Minneapolis, USA, but Adam later received a receipt under Rasmi Pay LLC, not Taaj.
“On May 2, 2024, the said Abdi called our client with a proposal to “discuss business,” which revolved around the opening of a new branch by the name “Daimon,” to be co-owned with a “Bashir,” and intended that our client buy a 20% stake of the new branch, going for worth USD 100, 000,” Omari said.
“Our client then gave Abdi the time to respond on the progress of the building, in vain. When it got close to the end of September, she contacted Abdi to inquire on the progress, but was given the excuse that the contractor had delayed a bit but would be done by the end of November, 2024.”
Rahma alleges that Later, in October 2024, she deposited USD 113,000 into what she believed was a Taaj savings account for real estate investment, only to receive a receipt under Ramad Pay Inc.
According to Omari, attempts to withdraw her money were unsuccessful, and Abdullahi allegedly claimed the funds had been lost within Taaj’s system.
After repeated failed refund requests, Rahma traveled to Kenya on December 31, 2024, to recover her money.
She discovered that Taaj’s Eastleigh branch had shut down due to fraud allegations and Abdi allegedly fired from being a branch manager.
Abdi was arrested on January 2, 2025, and appeared in court on January 6, 2025, before being released on a Sh100,000 cash bail.
The case is scheduled for mention on February 5, 2025, at the Kibera Law Courts.
“In light of the foregoing, and being that our client strongly believes in the rule of law in this country and hopes to get justice and recover her hard-earned money, we kindly request your office to make a decision pursuant to Article 157 of the Constitution to approve the charges against the suspect. We kindly but urgently seek your indulgence in this matter,” read the court documents.
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