DCI detectives, in collaboration with the Kenya Police Service, have arrested a fake gold merchant for defrauding a Pakistani national.
Stephen Magero was arrested at Sultan Suites, Ngong View Estate, following an investigation of defrauding a foreigner of USD 34,800 in the fake gold scam.
“Investigations have revealed that the suspect presented the complainant with 500 grams of counterfeit gold and received the payment in cash.
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Subsequent testing of the gold revealed it to be fake, prompting the complainant to report the matter at Karen Police Station.
A search conducted at the suspect’s office resulted in the recovery of ten (10) bars of suspected fake gold, business cards bearing the name John Mbalaka, a MacBook Pro laptop, smelting machines and related apparatus, a mining certificate under the name Chawanda Minerals, a weighing machine, two plastic boxes containing sand, and several assorted files and documents.
