Suspect in Sh2 billion fake currency wants his money back

Eric Adede, a suspect in the Barclays bank fake money saga in the dock at a Milimani court. [George Njunge/Standard]

A man charged with stashing fake currency worth Sh2 billion in a safe deposit box now claims that the bills are genuine.

Eric Adede (pictured), in an urgent suit filed at the High Court, instead accused the State’s investigative and prosecutorial agencies of switching his dollar bills with fake notes to paint him as a money launderer.