JamboBet director Victoria Ombogo has disowned the controversial businessman Atur Tigranyan being one of the directors of the company.
According to Ombogo in an interview which took place in their offices in the Parklands area within Nairobi county, she disowned Atur by claiming to have not set her eyes on him, met him or transacted any business with him,
“I don’t know that man neither to have done any business with him, he is not among the directors of JamboBet,” she said.
Atur Tigranyan an Armenian National, who has been charged at a Milimani law court claims to be the director of JamboBet a fact which was criticized by Ombogo.
Ombogo who was intrigued by the news of a stranger referring to himself being the director of the company, told our reporter that immediately she would call a meeting to notify her colleagues about the news.
She further added they will involve the company lawyer to give them directions on the way forward.
According to the LinkedIn website, Atur is being referred to as the director of JamboBet which is a false fact according to Ms Ombogo.
Atur is also said to have started another betting company sometimes back branded as V-Bet which according to the website he claims to be the CEO.
According to Roy Omondi who operates a V-Bet shop in the Pipeline area, he disowned Atur by claiming that he is not his business partner nor the director but admitted to knowing him.
In an interview which was conducted via phone he said Atur intended to start the V-Bet company in Kenya where they had an agreement with the mother company but after enacting it failed to peak and shut down in 2023,
“The business collapsed even before it was launched after it failed to do better in the market besides to have three branded shops,” said Roy.
According to a preliminary investigation, Roy is operating a V-Bet shop in the Pipeline area within Nairobi county which is fully branded despite the said company having shut its doors before it was launched.
On questioning him about the shop he operates being branded as V-Bet, he told our investigator that he is only using the trading name of the said non-existing company,
“V-Bet does not operate in Kenya I only use the trading name,” he reiterated.
The controversial businessman was charged in November last year with a series of forgeries and stealing which is contrary to the law.
Atur was charged that on diverse dates between May 2 and August 2, 2023, at an unknown place within the country jointly with others not before the court conspired to defraud 500 shares from Artak Haryutunyan and 250 shares from Tigran Arzumanyan.
He was also faced with two counts of forging transfer deeds concerning the transfer of the said shares separately from Urartu Holdings Limited to Hope June Okumu purporting to have been signed and stamped by the advocate Paul Minishi a false fact.
He was further charged with two counts of stealing 500 shares from Artak and 250 shares from Tigran which is against the law.
According to the court documents, Artur jointly with others not in court at Registrar of Companies within Nairobi county was charged with stealing a total of 750 shares.
The said shares were the properties of Ceiling Limited and Urartu Holdings Limited all valued at Sh 75,000
In adjourning the matter, the state prosecutor Ann Munyua told the Milimani senior principal magistrate Martha Nanzushi that the officer investigating the matter had pleaded for two months before commencing on the hearing of the case,
“The officer in charge is scrutinizing necessary areas for more facts which will be relied on during the hearing of the matter,” said Munyua.
The matter was scheduled for further directions on June 4, 2024.