This archive report was first published on 6 September 2019.
On September 5, 2019, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested a 27-year-old man in Kileleshwa, Nairobi, with fake currency notes worth Sh200 million.
The suspect, Bobby Kariuki Kimani, was found with fake US dollars, Euros, and Pounds.
According to the DCI, the detectives were working on a tip-off from members of the public when they arrested the man.
Kimani is expected to be arraigned in court on September 6, 2019, and will be charged with forgery contrary to Section 367(a) of the Penal Code.
On the same day, three suspects, including a Nigerian and a Congolese, were arrested in Yatta area, Machakos County, with fake Sh1,000 new notes.
Police recovered chemicals used to make the fake notes from the suspects.
Being in possession of fake currency is in contravention of Section 367 (a) of the Penal Code, which attracts a jail term of seven years.
