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DCI probe Sh37m gold scam targeting US investor

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Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are investigating a gold fraud scheme in which a United States national was allegedly defrauded of Sh37 million by suspects posing as legitimate gold dealers operating from Nairobi.

The probe follows a Wednesday raid by DCI officers on an apartment in Kilimani, Nairobi, which investigators said served as a safe house and the nerve centre of the scam.

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