Thirty-one suspects arrested on Tuesday in connection with a gold scam were on Wednesday charged with multiple counts of fraud.
The first charge involved conspiracy to defraud two foreign nationals of Ksh.7 million by falsely promising to sell them 35kg of gold.
The court heard that: “On diverse dates between 24th August, 2024 and 19th October, 2024 at Nairobi city county within the Republic of Kenya, jointly with others not before court conspired to defraud Ms Sonali Purbia Malviya and Mr Mohamed Adel of a sum of USD 54,300 (Ksh.7 million) by falsely pretending that you were in a position to sell 35kgs of gold to Integrous Gold and Diamond Trading LLC.”
