FRENCH NATIONAL CHARGED WITH 14 MILLION GOLD FRAUD.

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Frenchman Jean Emmanuel Morlon before Nairobi Milimani Magistrate Court on Monday July 22,2019. /PHOTO BY S.A.N.

BY NT CORRESPONDENT.

A French national has been charged with conspiracy to defraud a Dubai businessman 14 million in gold ‘trade’.

Jean Emmanuel Morlon appeared before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Kenneth Cheruiyot and pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Morlon is accused that on diverse dates between April 23 and 25, 2019 along Riverside Drive in Kileleshwa, Nairobi conspired with others before court to defraud Iron and Steel DMCC director Italiana Antonio Cianci from Dubai 140,000 USD by use of fraudulent tricks and displayed metal boxes purportedly packed with genuine gold bars and having an office trading in the name of Duaf International Limited, falsely pretending that he was carrying on genuine gold business.

Morlon is further accused of obtaining the 14Million Kenya shillings from Cianci by pretending that he had genuine gold for sale.

He was released on a bond of Sh 3 million or alternative cash bail of Sh 500,000.

The matter will be mentioned on Friday directions on consolidation.

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