Detectives have arrested lawyer Michael Otieno Owano in connection with a fake gold scam.
In a recent statement, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) noted that the lawyer played a role in defrauding a Canadian investor of $618,000 through a fake gold scam.
“In an ongoing investigation, detectives from the Operations Support Unit (OSU) have arrested Michael Otieno Owano, an advocate and proprietor of Otieno M.O. Law Advocates, for his role in a high-stakes scam that defrauded a Canadian investor of USD 618,000,” read the DCI statement in part.
Lawyer held over Ksh79M fake gold transaction. Photo: Courtesy.
The Canadian national is said to have been lured into a fake gold export deal involving 250 kilograms of gold, allegedly set for shipment to Dubai aboard a private jet.
The Canadian investor was later asked to send an additional Ksh38,802,809 to a cryptocurrency wallet.
The suspect is currently in police custody, undergoing processing pending arraignment in court.
The arrest follows the earlier arrest of Francis Talla Ouafo, also known as Allain, a Cameroonian national believed to be the mastermind of the syndicate.
