Three suspects believed to be involved in a gold scam were today arraigned in a Nairobi Court and released on a cash bail of Ksh.100,000.
The three, Fauzia Wanjiru alias Issa, Shallo Fatma alias Tett and Jackson Ochieng, were arraigned before the Milimani Law courts on Monday where they were facing a charge of attempting to obtain money by false pretense, to which they pleaded not guilty.
They were arrested on Saturday afternoon during a police raid in Nairobi’s posh Runda estate after a complaint was made by a South African national identified as Ralph Manyaka, who was set to be defrauded a colossal amount of money by the suspects.
Manyaka had allegedly imported 30kgs of gold from Sierra Leone to Dubai via Kenya. He however received information that his consignment had been confiscated in Nairobi.
According to the police report, he immediately flew to Kenya where he met a man identifying as a customs official George Otieno who told the victim that his consignment could not be dispatched because there were few customs discrepancies and needed to pay Ksh.5.3 million ($36,000) to have the goods released.
The case is set to be heard at city court on October 30, 2023.
