Jared Kiasa Otieno
A DCI officer in the matter testified in the matter and narrated how Otieno stole the cash.
The court heard that by using tricks and displaying heavy metal boxes packed with genuine gold bars, and as an office trading as Nirone Safe Keeping, Mr. Otieno and the others pretended to be carrying out a genuine gold deal.
Jared Kiasa Otieno
During his arraignment, the accused person was charged alongside other people, including Philip Nashon Aroko, Robert Ouko Owiti, Ricky Okoth Ochieng, Peter Omondi, Michael Ochieng, and Paul Otieno.
The others are Alice Nzisa, Joyce Akinyi, Julie Kathambi, Seinim Boukar, Abuona Temoua, and Albert Lokunda Lokole.
They were jointly charged by that time before Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi, where they denied the charges
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The court heard that between those dates, Mr Chanthavong, who buys and sells gold, was lured into house No.12 at Kaputei Gardens in Kileleshwa.
It was said that he lost that amount of money as he believed the items he bought were genuine gold.
Three weeks ago, police raided the house allegedly owned by Mr Otieno and arrested 15 people in connection with the fraud.
During the raid, they found items including mobile phones, 28 steel boxes, several sledgehammer heads, seven desktop computers, and gold-coated iron bars.
