GOLD SCAM: POLICE OFFICER, TWO ODM POLITICIANS AND FIVE OTHERS TO BE CHARGED WITH OBTAINING 54M

GOLD SCAM: POLICE OFFICER, TWO ODM POLITICIANS AND FIVE OTHERS TO BE CHARGED WITH OBTAINING 54M

By Chris Ojow

A serving National Police Service of

Kenya officer , two youthful famous

Members of Parliament aspirants with

Orange Democratic Movement party and

five others will be charged with three

counts of obtaining money with false

pretenses and conspiracy to commit a

felony.

The accused Samuel Wathika Gathuru,

Moses Otieno Oketch , Patroba Odhiambo

Tobias, Elisha Mbadi Kimbero, Teddy

Samora Kowino, Joannis Kaisarios ,

Mugabe Patrick Biriko and Collins

Kiprotich langat on Monday before

Nairobi Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina

will plead to three counts contrary to

section 393, 313 read with section 389

of the penal code.

The State Prosecution Anderson Gikunda

alleges that the eight suspects on

diverse dates of between 23rd of March

and 18th of December year 2022 in

various places within the Republic of

Kenya and outside the jurisdiction with

intend to defraud, the suspects

obtained 53, 828, 400 million Kenya

shillings from the complainant Ismail

Kolawole Adesina in USD 434,100. by

falsy pretending that they were in a

position to sell and ship 156 kilograms

of Gold to Dubai , a fact the suspects

knew was false.

It is also alleged that the eight

suspects on 02nd February year 2022 and

03rd of February year 2023 , at Bravie

group limited Kilimani within Nairobi

county , they jointly attempted to

obtain 3, 175, 000 million Kenya

shillings from Muthu Siva Sakthi Velu

USD 25,000 with a false promise that

they will ship 5 kilograms of Gold a

fact the suspects knew was false .

And in a separate count the suspects are

alleged to have jointly conspired to

obtain USD 434,100 the property of

Ismail Kolawole Adesina.

The eight suspects were arraigned before

Nairobi duty Milimani law court court

under miscellaneous application seeking

to detain them for more days for the

detectives to complete investigations,

but through their lawyers submissions

and in a lengthy ruling delivered by

the court they were freed on cash bail

of 0.1 million Kenya Kenya shillings

plus two contact persons as surety and

the suspects ordered to respond to

Directorate of criminal investigations

summons.

( Chris Ojow is Award winning Photojournalist and Founder African Times News Media website www.africantimes.co.ke
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