This archive report was first published on 12 December 2019.
On December 11, 2019, a significant counterfeit cash operation was uncovered in Nairobi, Kenya.
Yassin Ahmed Osman, a Somali national, was charged with being in possession of fake cash amounting to $15.6 million, primarily in $100 denominations.
According to reports, Sergeant Rashid Mohamed received information that Osman had the fake money in his rented apartment in Pangani, Nairobi.
Police raided the apartment and recovered the counterfeit cash.
Osman denied both charges of possessing fake cash and being unlawfully present in Kenya before Senior Principal Magistrate Angelo Kithinji at the Makadara Law Courts.
He was released on a Sh 1 million bond with a surety of similar amount, with the case set to resume in April 2020.
