Benin national implicated in Sh700million gold scamming syndicate detained for ten days

A Kenyan Court in Nairobi has detained an alleged International Gold Cartel believed to be the chairman of a syndicate using the Church to defraud foreigners millions of dollars in the name of gold supply.

Milimani Law Courts Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina allowed an application by the DCI to detain Salem Frejus Hector Joyau Ahosi, a Benin National for ten days pending investigation of an alleged fraud.

According to the DCI, the Benin National persuaded a Canadian National on August 17, 2022 that he was able to introduce him to gold sale business and that they had to seek the help of a religious leader to destroy all forces of Satan prior to commencing their business.

Preliminary investigations proved that Salem Frejus had been attending the same church with the complainant for three years and that they met at Christ en Action Evangelization in Canada.

Salem Frejus is alleged to have informed the complainant in the case that he had business partners in Africa who had alot of gold available for sale.

Salem Frejus is said to have taken the complainant to a Pastor in Canada who prayed for them and told them it was good for brothers in the Church to get into joint business venture but cautioned them that they should do so with honesty.

Two weeks later the complainant wired USD 631,435 into Salem Frejus’ account for shipping of 200KG of gold.

On September the complainant wired other USD 489,971.22 to Salem Frejus who in return confirmed receipt of the money and sent him photos of him (Salem Frejus ) in a flight headed to Ghana to retrieve the gold.

This was the beginning of a journey of a gold transaction that has lasted over two years of Salem Frejus and his associates in Ghana giving excuses to the complainant who has so far spent over USD 5,478,417.70 in the fake gold business.