Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Kenya, have arrested a Nigerian national and his accomplice for defrauding an Italian preacher-cum-businessman of over Sh19.5 Million (N69,414,519.17)
The DCI in a
statement on Thursday, May 6, said the 35-year-old Nigerian identified as
Gideon Nuka and Seth Steve Okuthe, a Kenyan, have been arrested on several occasions
on fraud charges.
The two
suspects were arrested on Wednesday evening, May 5, after they failed to
deliver a shipment of gold to Dubai as earlier agreed.
"Preliminary
investigations indicate that the Nigerian national has been following the preacher
in his gospel missions all over the world and found the opportunity to strike
when he got into Kenya," the statement says.
"The
preacher-cum-businessman was lured into the trap after he was shown fake gold
which he paid for and even paid a significant amount of money to have a private
jet deliver the consignment in Dubai.
"The two
have been produced before court today, for obtaining money by false pretences
contrary to section 313 of the penal code."
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