Investigations by police show Ngonyi walked to the Economics Commercial Crimes Unit (E.C.C.U) offices at CID Headquarters on April 1, 2011 and introduced himself as a businessman dealing in the trade of buying and selling gold.
He said in his statement that during the month of June, 2010 he was contacted through telephone by one Lieutenant General Mundeke who allegedly informed him that he had in his possession 400 Kgs of ‘gold’ which he was offering for sale, and requested to meet.
The two met at a hotel on Lenana road in Nairobi during which Mundeke reportedly arrived with his co-accused who presented themselves as a captain, a major and a special advisor at the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The police statement shows that they both informed Ngonyi that the 400 kilograms of ‘gold nuggets’ was lying in Dubai and were intended for shipment to Thailand, but were unable to ship them.
“Their intention was to ship it back to Kenya, for which they were looking for a market,” Ngonyi wrote in his statement to the police.
The suspects further told him that they were in a position to supply him with larger volumes of gold if he showed commitment to the deal.
For the first consignment, they reportedly settled on a supply of 400 kgs and signed a contract for delivery, sale and purchase of gold nuggets on July 9, 2010.
Ngonyi told police he paid the three cash in US $6000 as a down payment for the transaction before he was supplied with fake documents, according to the police statement.
The three kept supplying him with fake documents prompting him to pay to facilitate the freight of the cargo from Dubai to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and further freight again to Dubai where he was to receive the gold nuggets in four metal boxes.
At the end of it, he paid US $1,378,418 equivalent to Sh115,811,976 but when he flew to collect the consignment in Dubai he only found that the boxes did not contain “gold” as purported but had nails.
“That was when he flew back to Nairobi where he reported the matter,” a police officer privy to the investigation said.
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