Detectives drawn from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Friday, January 10, arrested 14 Kenyans allegedly involved in a Ksh174 million gold scam.
The 14 were arrested along Chalbi Drive within the Lavington area of Nairobi after weeks of surveillance and a relentless hunt for the city's gold scamming ring.
Preliminary investigations conducted by the detectives revealed that the suspects obtained the money after allegedly scamming a businessman from the United States.
According to the officers, acting on forensic-led intelligence, they identified and raided the house where the smelting of 2,820 kg of gold was being carried out.
The DCI officers further revealed that the 2820 kg of gold was reportedly smelted on diverse dates between March and May last year.
During the raid, the sleuths seized several items, including assorted documents, files, stamps, and seals used to scam the complainant and other victims who ever fell for the scammers' con tricks.
Further investigations revealed that two other US suspects had initially been arraigned on the same case, with the first mention coming up on January 23, 2025, at Milimani Law Courts.
The two American citizens were arrested on December 16 last year and charged with conspiracy to commit a felony and obtaining money by false pretences.
"Detectives deployed to pursue fraudsters in mega gold scams reported across the country have today arraigned US citizens implicated in a scam involving thousands of kilograms of gold that cost the victim over Ks174 million," read part of a report by the DCI.
"The two were arraigned at Milimani Law Courts charged with conspiracy to commit a felony and obtaining money by false pretences, following his arrest yesterday after jetting into the country from Dubai," the detectives added.
Before the duo's arrest, the DCI officers previously arrested a Congolese accomplice who was arrested moments after jetting into the country where he planned to meet the two US citizens.
Meanwhile, the exhibits obtained from the scene have been documented as suspects undergo processing ahead of their arraignment on Monday, January 12.
