It is emerging that Kenya’s investigating agencies may have turned a blind eye on a mega money laundering scam spanning over five years and one with an international criminal connection in Canada and the united states of America.
The entire scheme of the chain is valued at over Ksh 500 billion shillings. A local bank is in the eye of the storm for allegedly colluding with foreigners to defraud Kenyans in a much-publicized lottery in 2011 dubbed Kwachu Mamili described as the biggest public fraud in the history of Kenya by foreign fraudsters facilitated by a local bank.
According to the investigations, Aroa is said to have approached Amaya Gaming Group to raise funds through a lottery for the construction of an educational centre for orphans in Wagai in Siaya. The accepted the request and applied for and were issued with license number 2665 by the Betting Control and Licensing Board to collect the money. The license stipulated that 25 per cent of the lottery’s gross profit would be paid to Lions Heart Self Help Group for building the educational centre.
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However, after four months of collection, Amaya Gaming Group officials allegedly called the charity organisation’s officials to Nairobi and offered them Sh3 million, which was rejected. The lottery company later issued the charity organisation with a Sh28 million cheque through their lawyer. Amaya Gaming Group, then filled returns to the Betting Control and Licensing Board claiming to have collected Sh80 million, a claim refuted by the charity organisation.
Aroa’s group claims that more than Sh400 million was collected. ” The monies held by Amaya Gaming Group at accounts CA2-120007253, CA2-1200007252, CA2-120600001, GS-1800000900 and FA-23260001892 at NIC Bank, NIC House branch are proceeds of the lottery,” says an affidavit filed by police. The detectives say it is critical to obtain information on the accounts because it assist the ongoing investigations.
The detectives says initial investigations have confirmed that that the tentative amount due to the lottery as per records is approximately Sh93,978,112.50. They have obtained a court order temporarily freezing the accounts until investigations are complete. The investigators are seeking information on Amaya Gaming Group(K) Limited’s account numbers CA2-1200007253,CA21200007252,CA2 120600001, GS 1800000900 and FA-23260001892 held at the NIC Bank. The detectives insist that the monies in the accounts are proceeds of lottery which are being withheld from the beneficiaries House branch