Kenyan Arrested Over Global Fake Currency Cartel

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By PATRICK KIMANZI, MP PRESS & Agencies


NAIROBI- A Kenyan has been arrested by a team from the Transnational Organised Crime Unit and the police over a fake currency cartel operating in the country, media reports indicated on Monday.



Arafat Omar, alias Omar Rashid (a Kenyan), and Fidel Ako (a Ghanaian) were cornered and arrested on Sartuday and yesterday, respectively.

The two were were arrested in Nairobi on Saturday night and found in possession of fake currency amounting to $523,900, Sh500,000 genuine Kenyan currency, a Taurus pistol belonging to Omar and several rounds of ammunition.

Before the arrests were made, detectives had received complaints from members of the public, detailing how the two alongside others had defrauded them on the pretext they would supply genuine US dollars brought into the country for use by United Nations missions.

He also made unsuccessful attempt to con the owner of an airline, whose plane crashed in Sudan, by offering to help her get payment from an insurance company that covered the aircraft.

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