SOUTH AFRICAN CHARGED WITH FALSELY OBTAINING MONEY IN FAKE GOLD DEAL.

BY NT CORRESPONDENT.

A South African national who was arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has been charged with obtaining money by false pretenses.

Tshepang Godfrey Sidumo was arrested as he was about to leave the country after obtaining over Sh20 million from a Kenyan businessman.

Sidumo alias Omari appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku and denied obtaining Sh10,725,000 from businessman Nashwan Kamal.

Sidumo is accused of obtainimg the money by falsely pretending he was in position to sell Kamal 40 kilograms of gold, a fact he knew was false.

He was denied bail and detained until Tuesday next week.

This after the prosecution informed the court the accused was facing another case before a city court.

According to the DCI, Sidumo was in the company of two others and had earlier been arrested at Deed Company LTD along Gatanga Road, but he absconded court prompting a warrant of arrest to be issued against him.

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