Directorate of Criminal Investigations boss George Kinoti confirmedย that Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula was involved in theย gold scamย that duped members of the United Arab Emirates royal family.
Kinoti explained toย People Dailyย that his team was conducting investigations to establish Wetangula’s role in the fraud.
โOur preliminary investigations have confirmed that the former Foreign Affairs minister was actively involved in the syndicate, and we would like to establish his role in the whole deal.
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“We would like to know whether he was a victim or a complicit player,โ Kinoti told reporters.
Kinoti was amazed at howย well oiled the syndicate isย and the huge amount of money involved.
โThey are so daring that they operate as if there are no security systems in this country. They control billions of shillings from their underworld operations,โ he noted.
The senator, however, remained silent on the matter but his personal assistantย Chris Manduย defended his boss.
โThis was a business deal gone sour that is now being peddled around by his business partners, who also lost money in the business transaction.
“It is very unfortunate that some people are now trying to politicise the whole matter in which the Senator lost huge amounts of money,โโ Mandu was quoted.
On Thursday, detectives arrested businessmanย Jared Otienoย over his involvement in fake gold scams in the country.
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