Detectives are holding a suspected gold scammer who was found with fake gold nuggets and 23,600 counterfeit USD notes in 100 denominations at his hideout in Utawala.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), the arrest follows a complaint by a Georgian national who lost over USD 6 million to fake gold racketeers. These individuals tricked him into a 161,000kg gold deal.
The suspect was apprehended on Wednesday night, where the fake US currency was discovered stuffed in two traveling bags and a steel box. The sleuths also seized the fake gold nuggets, which were found in eight green canvas bags weighing approximately 10kg each.
“The Georgian merchant reported having 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.
Preliminary investigations reveal that the ring of scammers comprises individuals whose names and schemes are not unfamiliar to court records.
