Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations have arrested another man suspected to be the mastermind behind the multi-trillion dollar fraud.
The man who has been flushed out of his Gigiri hideout is accused of being at the centre of the fraud with eight others.
"He was arrested by the Operations Support detectives and joined his 8 accomplices who were arraigned at Milimani Law Courts on Friday."
Further, the detectives are also holding his Mercedes Benz which they claim was acquired through proceeds of fraud.
His eight other accomplices are part of the $439 trillion fraud operation that was targeting two foreign businessmen from the Netherlands.
The two foreign nationals are being investigatively interviewed to shed light on the business deal in question.
DCI further noted that the accused were charged with conspiracy to defraud, being in possession of forged banknotes, and possessing police uniforms.
Several boxes stashed with fake US dollars, suspected stolen jungle fatigues for APS officers, military boots, and customs reflector jackets among other recoveries were seized during the operation.
The suspects contacted the foreigners through a WhatsApp call by a number registered in the name 'Canopy Shield Agencies', by a caller who informed them that their consignment of 40 pallets had been held at the Kenya Customs Warehouse pending duty fee payment of USD 36,000.
Allegedly, the complainants had entered into a cash-on-transit deal involving USD 439 trillion destined for Dubai from the Central Bank of Togo.
"The caller who posed as a customs officer convinced the complainants that the first batch of 40 pallets contained USD 4 billion and that they were being flown through Kenya to facilitate their clearance and smooth entry to Dubai.
