BY PHOEBE WANJOHI.
Two suspects have been presented before a Milimani court over Sh16 million gold fraud.
However, Innocent Muliro and Alexander Kirandakati alias Morgan Junior Jaggwe, did not plead to the charge as the investigating officer asked for more time to complete investigations.
The investigating officer urged the court to allow him to detain the suspect for two days to allow him complete investigation over allegations of obtaining Sh16 million from foreigners to sell them gold.
The two were arrested on February 16 by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal investigations after a complaint was filed that they obtained money by false pretense.
It is alleged that on diverse dates between December 3 and January 30 this year in Nairobi county, with intent to defraud, the two suspects obtained Sh16 million by falsely pretending they were in position to sell gold to the complainant.
Sergeant Dekow Nuno told the court that the case involves a syndicate which comprises fraudsters from different nationalities who are still large and are being pursued.
He told the court that the two are at flight risks since one of the accused is a Kenyan but couldn’t provide his identity card while Kiranda is a Ugandan who didn’t produce his passport.
He added that the money obtained were transferred to banks in Kenya and South Africa and so far, none has been recovered. He further added that detectives required time to obtain bank transactions and phone data.
Milimani Resident Magistrate Zainab Abdul declined the request and ordered their release after depositing cash bail of Sh100,000 each and two Kenya contact persons. They were also ordered to deposit their passports in court.
The Court further ordered the two to report to the Directorate of Criminal investigations daily for the next two days.
