A Canadian consultant has appeared in court over fraud in Freetown.

She is Sunanda Kirkla, and on Monday 16th December, 2024, was absent in court and a bench warrant was issued against her before Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No.2.

She is accused for fraudulently obtaining over two hundred million from different complainants by falsely pretending that she will facilities their travelling to Dubai, India and Canada and also register the company of one of the complainant Ngwoh knowing to be false.

Accused Kikla was arraigned before the court on eight count charges of conspiracy to defraud contrary to law and obtaining money by false pretences contrary to the laws of Sierra Leone.

The charge sheet indicated that accused Sunanda Kikla between 1 June and 20 November, 2024 in Freetown, conspired with other person’s unknowns to commit a crime to wit obtaining money by false pretenses.

The charge sheet further says that accused Kakila on the said date obtained the sum of two hundred and thirty four million, three hundred thousand Leones (234,300)  from Hyson Attia Ngowh, Louis Ayuk Onjong and Munogo Sena Alaim by falsely pretending that she will facilities their travelling to Dubai India, Canada and America knowing to be false.

The charge sheet further states that accused Kakila also falsely pretended that she would register the business company of Hyson Attia Ngowh name (Awa and Sons Travel Logistics and Freight Forwarding) to to be false.

When the matter was mentioned in court the accused person was absent in court at that time.

The prosecutor Deputy Superintendent of police Sorie Conteh applied for bench warrant against the absent accused and sureties respectively.

Magistrate Bangura, however, has granted the application and issued bench warrant against the absent accused person and matter was adjourned to 9th January 2024.