Man arrested over Ksh33M fake gold deal
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a man of interest in a fake gold deal worth Ksh33 million. In a statement on Saturday, December 7, 2024, DCI confirmed the arrest of Steve Okoth Odek alias David Bett over the deal that involved the promise to deliver 500kgs of gold to a […]
3 arrested for scamming foreigners over Ksh340M in fake gold scandal
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested three individuals in connection with a fake gold scandal. DCI in a statement issued on Saturday, August 31, 2024, night, said Allain Mwadia Nvita, Daniel Ogot and Frank Kateti had scammed two foreign nationals, Marco Colombo Conti and his business associate Satbinder Singh, over Ksh340 […]
21-year-old lady among suspects arrested in Ksh13.5M robbery with violence case, fake gold scam
Police have arrested five suspects in connection with a robbery with violence incident in Nairobi’s Runda area entailing a Ksh13.5 million fake gold scam. The five, Jack Ouma Okwiri, Nashon Otieno Angudha, Felix Ochieng’ Nyongesa, Ronald Arani Kirera and 21-year-old Grace Akinyi are accused of luring an Australian man and his Ugandan wife to the […]
Police arrest man for allegedly conning Indian businessman Ksh200M in fake gold scam
Detectives attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigation have arrested a Bissau-Guinean, identified as Cavalho Lopes, for defrauding a businessman based in India amounts close to Ksh200m in a fake gold scam. Cavalho, who the detectives say styles himself as a gold dealer, struck a $ 1.78m deal with a Mumbai-based businessman, known as Malian […]
SA man who lured Australian to Nairobi in Sh10m gold scam caught after 2 years on the run
Tshepang Godfrey Sidumo was accused of defrauding Nashwan Kamal Sh10,725,000 on February 12, 2018, in Nairobi County.