A wanted female suspect who allegedly defrauded a foreigner of Sh300 million in a fake gold scam was arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Thursday in Kisumu .
Pauline Adhiambo Odok alias Rose Omamo has been on the run since May last year and was arrested on Thursday at Ololua, Dam Estate, detectives said.
According to the detectives, Adhiambo masquerades as a senior government official’s relative to earn the trust of her unsuspecting victims so that she can run her operations.
Reportedly, the suspect lured Southorn Chanthavong, director of Simong Group Company based in Lao, into believing that she was in a position to sell him gold.
She worked with other accomplices to further take him to an office in Kaputei gardens, Kileleshwa, where they showed him gold bars in heavy metal boxes and immediately struck a deal.
They met several times between May 8 and May 25, 2019 during which he paid Sh300 million for the gold consignment that was supposed to be delivered to his home country, detectives said.
However, the victim knew he had been conned after the shipment failed to arrive as planned. He, therefore, reported the matter to police and a warrant of arrest was issued for Adhiambo in January 2020.
In a statement, DCI said, “Luckily, a few days ago, a concerned member of the public who had seen our appeal for the arrest of Pauline, spotted her and alerted our detectives on her whereabouts.”
Adhiambo is currently in custody waiting to be arraigned in court to answer to charges of conspiracy to defraud.
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