Benin National implicated in Sh 700M gold fraud has been freed unconditionally pending completion of investigatigation.
Milimani chief magistrate Susan Shitubi released Salem Frejus Hector Joyau Ahossi after spending ten days in police cells granted to investigators to continue detaining him.
The prosecution led by a senior state prosecutor informed the court that they have decided to free the suspect pending investigation.
The magistrate granted the prosecution request to free the suspect since the police are still conducting more information to enable them to decide whether to charge him.
Earlier one of the investigators Sergeant Charles Odhiambo had told the court that there are crucial leads for more recoveries and arrests thus releasing the suspect would jeopardize the ongoing investigations.
Odhiambo said that they are also concerned that he may escape Jurisdiction of the court since he is a Benin National who has a Canadian Permanent Residency and has no fixed place of abode in Kenya.
“We want to liaise with Embassies of foreign countries mentioned in the Fraud and our Interpol offices in order to process the respondent legally due to the complicated nature of the investigations,” added Odhiambo in his affidavit.
He said they also require more time to subject two mobile phones recovered from the respondent to forensic analysis and they also want to trace and record statements from the unsuspecting foreign investors that are currently dealing actively with the suspect and his agents.
The suspect was arrested on October 25,2024 and booked into custody at Capital Hill Police Station video OB 2/25/2024 in connection to alleged offenses of conspiracy to commit a felony against the law and obtaining money by false pretenses contrary to section 313 of penal code.
