After defrauding a foreigner of Sh300 million in a fake gold racket, detectives arrested a suspect who had been on the run. – By Gerald Gekara.
The perpetrator, Pauline Adhiambo Odok alias Rose Omamo, has been on the run since May 2020, according to police.
The perpetrator pretended to be a relative of a senior government official, according to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.
Police claim she used the lie to persuade a foreigner based in Lao, as well as other accomplices, who have since been arrested and charged in court.
“Adhiambo has been masquerading as a relative to a senior government official, ostensibly to earn the trust of her would be victims, had convinced one Southorn Chanthavong, a director of Simong Group Company based in Lao, that she would sell him gold,” the DCI said.
The phony transaction took place in an office in Kileleshwa’s Kaputei gardens, “where the victim was allegedly shown genuine gold bars in heavy metal boxes and a deal was struck immediately.”
On Friday morning, she was scheduled to be arraigned.
She will be charged with conspiracy to defraud, according to police.
