Indian national arrested over alleged Ksh172M gold scam
Verified: 2 outlets have reported this story since Nov 13, 1 of them from Kenya.
An Indian national has been arrested over an alleged Ksh172 million gold investment scam. The suspect, Maheshbhai Rameshbhai Bhadra, was arrested by detectives from the Nairobi Regional Criminal Investigations Office at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), shortly after he arrived from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the arrest followed…
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1 outlet from Kenya, where the story is: KBC News · how we count
- Nov 13, 1:44 PM UTCFirst report· you’re reading thisIndian national arrested over alleged Ksh172M gold scamkbc.co.ke ↗
- Nov 14, 2:28 AM UTC+13 hKenya Arrests Indian in US$1.3M Gold Scamriotimesonline.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 14, 2:28 AM UTC · +13 h
[Claude] Report 2 covers the same arrest of an Indian national in the alleged Kenyan gold scam, with figures that match once converted (Ksh172M is roughly US$1.3M).
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