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Fake gold scam claiming growing number of victims, many of them foreign businessmen

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A British businessman's determined push to nail Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Anne Amadi in a Sh102 million gold scandal is the latest case in the underworld racket of gold scammers.

From politicians, executive businessmen, lawyers, celebrities and now in the doorsteps of the Judiciary, the fake gold racket is so vicious and has entangled the big names who lure unsuspecting foreigners into dishing millions of shillings for 'hot air' disguised as gold bars and pellets.

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