A Ugandan national has been charged with obtaining over Sh 17 million under the pretense that he would deliver a gold shipment to Dubai.
Morgan Junior Jaggwe alias Alexander Kirando Kato is accused of obtaining Sh 17,519,536 from Muziwakhe Richard Simamane by falsely pretending that he was in position to deliver a gold consignment to him in Dubai, a fact he knew was false.
Jaggwe and his co-accused person are alleged to have committed the offence on 14th January 2021 in Nairobi jointly with others not before court, with intent to defraud.
He denied the charge before Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku and were granted a bond of Sh 1 million or alternative cash bail of Sh 500,000.
After his arrest on 16th February, the investigating officer had produced him in court seeking orders to detain them for two days together with his co-conspirator to allow him to complete investigations into the fraud allegation.
Sergeant Dekow Nuno told the court that the case involves a syndicate from different nationalities who were still at large and are being pursued.
