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State seizes Sh1.5bn houses, cars and cash from scammers
In recent years, scores of suspected gold scammers have been arrested in Nairobi in a web that includes Bulgarians, Tanzanians, Rwandans, Nigerians and Congolese.
The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) seized cash and assets such as luxury cars and apartments worth Sh1.547 billion last year from scammers and corrupt public servants in the biggest ever haul of dirty money and properties since 2021.
The agency’s report shows that cash and assets that can easily be converted to money stood at Sh865 million while immovable properties like apartments were worth Sh682 million.
