The hearing of a case in which an advocate is charged alongside another with Sh 134 million gold fraud has been pushed to September.
Principal Magistrate Rose Ndombi set the case of Nicholas Otieno Ndolo and lawyer Thomas Otieno Ngoe for hearing on 24th September 2024
The duo is charged with defrauding a foreigner USD 1 million (approx. Sh134 million) for shipping of gold to Dubai.
According to the charge sheet, Ndolo and Ngoe are accused of obtaining USD 1 million from Seth Adam Bernstein on 11th February 2024 in Nairobi.
The two allegedly obtained the money by pretending that DSI Mining and Minerals Company Limited was in a position to pay custom duties for 3000 kilograms of gold to be shipped from Kenya to Dubai.
Ndolo is also facing a charge of making a mineral export permit Reference No.EAC/22/92709141708/2022 dated 16th May 2022 with intent to defraud.