Suspect in fake gold scam arrested in Utawala
National
By
Mate Tongola
| May 02, 2024
Detectives are holding a suspected gold scammer who was found with fake gold nuggets and 23,600 fake USD notes in 100 denominations at his Utawala hideout.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigating (DCI) through its X platform stated that the arrest follows a complaint by a Georgian national who lost over USD 6 million to fake gold racketeers who tricked him into a 161,000kg gold deal.
The suspect was arrested on Wednesday night where the fake US currency was found stuffed in two traveling bags and a steel box.
The sleuths also seized the fake gold nuggets in eight green canvas bags weighing approximately 10kg each.
"The merchant of Georgia reported to have traded tonnes of gold bars with a Ghanaian partner through a letter of administration before the High Court of Justice in Ghana, thereafter spending USD 6,090,500 on the movement of the consignment from Ghana to Kenya, documentation and storage services," DCI added.
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