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Originally published by The Kenyan Wall Streetbusiness
October 6, 2025
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Court Orders DTB, Lawyer, to Refund Victoria Commercial Bank CEO KSh 85mn in Land Dispute

The High Court in Kisumu ruled that an elaborate property transaction involving Victoria Commercial Bank CEO Yogesh Pattni, DTB Bank Kenya, a lawyer named Mohammed Madhani and at least three companies was “misrepresentation and illegality...
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The High Court in Kisumu has ordered DTB Bank Kenya and lawyer Mohammed Madhani to refund Victoria Commercial Bank CEO Yogesh Pattni KSh 85 million. This ruling stems from a property dispute where a land deal was deemed "misrepresentation and illegality" due to unclean title deeds and an attempt to evade stamp duty.
- Yogesh Pattni and his wife Azmina Pattni paid KSh 85 million as part of a KSh 128 million land purchase agreement in 2017 and 2018.
- The deal involved properties in Kisumu and Kajiado, with the lawyer, Mohammed Madhani, structuring the transaction through an SPV, Flynn Ltd, to avoid stamp duty.
- Justice Alfred Mabeya described the deal as “a calculated move to circumvent the law and extend to the plaintiffs the short end of the stick,” emphasizing that the court "cannot be made an instrument for enforcing an illegality."
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