Detective from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested three people suspected of running a fake gold scam in Nairobi.
They cornered Martha Mwikali Katumo, James Mwenda, and Calvin Onyango Magak at White Pearl apartments in Westlands after allegedly defrauding two Kenyans 400,000 US dollars (Ksh.51.6 million).
During the raid, detectives discovered more than 10 kilograms of fake gold pellets.
They said preliminary investigations showed that the businessmen were introduced to the three fraudsters by a Namibian.
The scam also implicates another individual who is alleged to have been a mines and geology expert and is said to have tested the first consignment of 5Kgs of the fake gold and given it a clean bill of health.
DCI said the scammers further expanded their deception by involving Euromax Global Shipping and Logistics, a company owned by a man named Maxwel, who supposedly facilitated the shipment process to Dubai.
The fake gold pellets.
One of the victims travelled to Dubai alongside Martha, anticipating a smooth transaction that never materialised.
“When they arrived in Dubai and after footing all the bills that included air tickets, it dawned on one of the victims that they had been scammed and all she had paid had gone down the drain,” the DCI said.
