Detectives Raid Goldenscape Offices in Nairobi, Seize 10 Computers

Detectives Raid Goldenscape Offices in Nairobi, Seize 10 Computers

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Thursday raided the offices of Goldenscape Agribusiness Investment in Nairobi’s Karen area.

Five employees found in the offices during the raid were arrested and taken to DCI headquarters for questioning over alleged fraud.

During the operation, sleuths seized 10 desktop computers and several documents for examination in the ongoing investigations against the company and its officials.

Detectives believe the computers and the documents contain crucial information that will help strengthen their case against Goldenscape CEO Peter Wangai, who is accused of conning Kenyan investors out of billions of shillings.

Wangai went into hiding on March 2nd, 2020, after learning that detectives were after him following numerous complaints filed against him. He shut down his offices in Nairobi CBD and Lower Kabete before disappearing.

Over 80 people accusing Wangai of defrauding them have already recorded statements with the DCI’s financial crimes investigation unit. 

Wangai, through his company, lured people into investing in greenhouses with a promise of earning huge profits. In one of its investment packages, Goldenscape was promising investors annual returns of Sh550,000 for an investment of Sh320,000.

The company has failed to pay its investors since November 2019 despite numerous assurances.

 
 

Comments

MjuAji (not verified)     Fri, 03/13/2020 @ 04:24am

Its the Kenya we, a Kenya so innocent which has given birth to us and raised us in equal measure. But a country of easy-go-easy con men and women. Like I always say, all Kenyans are thieves, as proven by the late Robert Mugabe, its the degree of thievery that varies in every individual. In every 5 Kenyans clustered somewhere, two have extreme behavioral pattern and frequency of stealing, in either goods or services, 2 are moderate thieves who steals with utter precision without leaving any traces of fingerprints, and the remaining 1 is waiting for an opportunity to pounce at the twitch of an eye. Thievery, conmanship or fraudsterism is in every Kenyan man and woman. There are so many cases of these tendencies that are yet to be reported. Owing to the cultural attitude of Kenyans towards thieves, Kenyans avoid calling a spade a spade. But who is a thief? Are those who are bundled in court for corruption, misappropriation of public, pyramid schemes, refusing to refund unused public funds, selling blood to Somalia, receiving sitting allowances on a full salary, using public funds on Beba Baba Ikuru(BBI), spending ksh19 million on a Toyota county vehicle, admission of stealing NYS funds and walk scot free, using crooked means to ask someone to punch in for you at your place of work, why every pastor in the US want to start his/her own church in the same zip code and why they appoint their wives and children to head financial dept's tithes and offerings, etc thieves. Kitengo cha wizi kinaanza wapi na kinamalizikia wapi? Hebu jiulize, Waiguru-Kabura wako wapi? Wetangula na sakata ya dhahabu yuko wapi? Rotich na na 65b alienda wapi? Bishop Ngare Gakuyo yuko wapi? Wizi katika Kenya Power, Kenya Pipeline, nk wako wapi? Mwizi humlinda na kumtetea mwizi mwenzake. Unapoiba palipo na wingi wa wezi kama wewe, katika kujilinda wao pia wasivumniwe, wanakuficha wewe, na kukupa mashauri ya vile utakavyo epuka kuhukumiwa. Litafakari hilo!

Kenya (not verified)     Fri, 03/13/2020 @ 11:21am

In reply to by MjuAji (not verified)

@MjuAji, "Every pastor in the US want to start his/her own church in the same zip code and why they appoint their wives and children to head financial dept's tithes and offerings". They are called hate group aka Kenyan Churches in USA. They will hate you if you do not go to their Church. They will hate you if you do not give enough money, they will hate you if you do not belong to their tribe. All they do is spread hate to everybody who does not associate with them.

Brian (not verified)     Fri, 03/13/2020 @ 05:19am

There's no point in giving Investors false hope! Remember what happened to Gakuyo Investors? Members flocked DCI offices & were told to write down what Gakuyo Investments owed them. Since then, nothing has been done & Gakuyo walks the streets a free & more confident man! The same thing with other investment companies such as Urithi,nothing doing!

Jacob mayo (not verified)     Fri, 03/13/2020 @ 06:43pm

This is just a gimmick to hoodwink wananchi by raiding the Goldenscape office's.
Already the police know everything and now ni time ya kukula from the proprietor.

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