Mastermind in fake gold scandal arrested

Jared Otieno, the main
fugitive in the fake Gold scandal has been arrested during a dawn security
operation.



DCI boss George Kinoti
says detectives have also seized two of his brand new vehicles–a Porsche and
Bentley—that were parked at his newly acquired palatial home in Nairobi’s
Karen.



“The fugitive Jared
Otieno has been arrested, we raided his newly bought palatial house in Karen
where two brand new vehicles, a Bentley and a Porsche were recovered” said
Kinoti.



Several other suspects – including Zaheer Jhanda – whom police describe as a person of interest in the investigation are being sought.



In
photographs circulating on social media since last week, Jhanda is seen
hobnobbing with the high and mighty in the political and government circles in
what many fear could easily compromise the ongoing investigation.



But
the DCI boss has vowed that he is determined to dismantle what he described as
a “criminal enterprise which had ballooned to a parallel gangster economy.”



15
suspects were arraigned in court on Tuesday, with police now allowed a week to
conclude investigations against them before they can face formal charges.



Some
of them were arrested when police raided another palatial house in Kileleshwa
where Gold boxes and 8 vehicles were recovered.



A
magistrate’s court in Milimani granted the request on Wednesday, saying the
period will be sufficient to finalise the matter and decide the charges to
prefer against them.



Police
had sought to be given two weeks, arguing that they need to establish the
nationalities of three of them and analyse data from phones and computers
recovered from them