Foreign suspected gold scammer has pleaded not guilty to Ksh.15.5million fraud charges.
The suspect identified as Morlon also known as Lamarca J Benjamin was arrested and taken to police custody on 4th February 2025.
He was implicated in a gold scam that left two businessmen, a Romanian national and a Swiss national seeking justice after losing USD 120,000 to the fraudster.
Upon his arrest, the detectives were given 12-day custodial order to complete their investigations where they obtained evidence against him.
He was found with multiple charges which included obtaining money by false pretenses, possession of a firearm without a firearm certificate, creating a false document and forgery of an official document.
The suspect pleaded not guilty to the charges before the Senior Principal Magistrate’s Court No. 1 at the JKIA Law Court.
The investigating legal team refuted that he should not be released on bail citing that he could be a flight risk.
Morlon was remanded at Industrial Area Remand Prison.
His case will be mentioned on March 3rd 2025.
