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Why court took away student's Sh59m gift from Belgian trader

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Businessman Marc De Mesel. [Courtesy]

A 23-year-old university student who thought he had hit a Sh59 million jackpot as a gift from a Belgian businessman has lost the loot after the High Court declared it proceeds of crime.

Justice Esther Maina ordered Timothy Waigwa Maina to forfeit to the government all the $390,038 (Sh59,149,262) received from Marc De Mesel for being the proceeds of international crime and money laundering.

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