Kenya: Karuturi, Stanbic trade fraud claims in debt war
Karuturi, which is one of the world’s largest flower firms, accuses Stanbic Bank of working with the receiver managers to suppress the company’s sales and inflate expenses to justify the granting of fresh loans in form of bank overdrafts to the flower firm. The bank denies the allegations.
Karuturi made the claims in response to a suit that Stanbic Bank filed in court seeking settlement of a Sh1.8 billion [17.8 million USD] debt.
Stanbic-appointed receiver managers are accused of suppressing flower sales and of using suppressed currency exchange rate to the disadvantage of Karuturi during the receivership.
Read more at Business Daily (Galgallo Fayo)