The Director of Public Prosecution (ODPP) office has clarified the status of a fake gold case involving city businessman Jared Otieno. – By Gerald Gekara.
In a response to a false article reporting the withdrawal of the case, the DPP stated that the case is still on course.
“Contrary to an article appearing on @PeopleDailyKe of 26/4/2021, the Ksh 23 million fake gold case against Jared Otieno and 4 others is still ongoing and the DPP Noordin Haji has no intention of withdrawing it.”
The DPP further stated that the case failed to proceed on Monday 26th of April after a key suspect skipped a hearing session.
‘The case came up for mention yesterday 26/4/2021 in order to take hearing dates but could not proceed because one of the accused persons failed to turn up. The case is scheduled for mention today Tuesday 27th April 2021 to take hearing dates.” the DPP said.
Fake Gold Deals
Mr Otieno is at the centre of a Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) probe into a racket that conned a Dubai royal of Sh300 million while claiming to be able to sell him gold worth the millions.
Last year, he was charged with obtaining the Sh300 million from Sounthorn Chanthavong, a director of Simoung Group Company, claiming that he would sell him gold
