POLICE OFFICER, TWO ODM POLITICIANS AMONG TEN SUSPECTS DETAINED OVER 67M GOLD SCAM

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POLICE OFFICER, TWO ODM POLITICIANS AMONG TEN SUSPECTS DETAINED OVER 67M GOLD SCAM

By Chris Ojow

National Police Service of Kenya

officer and two Orange Democratic

Movement Party are among ten suspects

arrested in the ongoing gold scam

racket by Kenyan Detectives where it

was alleged they obtained over 67

million Kenya shillings from innocent

buyers, Americans.

In a miscellaneous application filed in

court by Directorate of Criminal

Investigation Detective Kamwaro, gives

a blow-to-blow account of how the

suspects have been posing as

businessmen dealing in gold and how

several foreign investors have fallen

victims to them.

Two famous male ODM party aspirants

who contested for Karachuonyo , Suna

East Constituencys and lost during the

August 2022 general election in the

Country together with the eight other

suspects appeared before Senior

Principal Magistrate Robinson Ondieki

on Monday 06th February, where the

State in a miscellaneous application

requested to be granted ten days to

continue detaining the suspects as they

piece together evidence which they

intend to prefer charges of

conspiracy to defraud and obtaining

with false pretense.

The suspects, Samuel Wathika Gathuru,

Moses Otieno Oketch, Patroba Odhiambo

Tobias, Elisha Mbadi Kimbero, Teddy

Samora Kowino, Kaisarios Loamms, Mugabe

Patrick Biriko, Seth Steve Okute,

Bruno Otieno Oliende, and Collins

Kiprotich Langat a serving Police

Officer were detained at Capital Hill

Police Station Nairobi County Kenya.

They were arrested over the weekend at

a leafy suburb within the Capital City

of Kenya, after a report believed to

be bordering fraud was reported at the

Country Independent Investigative Unit

Directorate of Criminal Investigation.

“The complainants Americans

transferred USD 34,000 through RTGS

into account belonging to Bravie Group

Limited held at KCB Bank Hurlingam

branch,” DCI Detective Kamwaro informed

the court.

The Two suspects Steve Seth Okute and

Bruno Otieno OLiende who are alleged to

be in a possession of firearms and

several rounds of ammunition without

valid certificate are Political leaders

within the ODM party grassroot.

In the miscellaneous application filed

before Milimani lower criminal court,

it was alleged the the ten suspects

defrauded three foreigners Americans

investors.

Senior Principal Magistrate Robinson

Ondieki will deliver a ruling on

Tuesday 07th February year 2023 at 10am

East Africa Time.

( Chris Ojow is Award winning Photojournalist and Founder African Times News Media website www.africantimes.co.ke
0724 656913-WhatsApp
onyangoojow@gmail.com )