Police filed an application to detain seven suspects accused of conning businessman and Sameer Africa Chairman Nashud Merali Sh10 million, for 30 days pending investigation.
Their arrest was announced during the weekend with the DCI reporting that; "7 fraudsters who have been imitating a very senior government officer & socialites to obtain money by false pretences were arrested today after an intense operation.2
The DCI announcement was made through a statement on Twitter on Saturday.
The Seven suspects were arraigned before Nairobi Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi on Tuesday 26th February where the prosecution applied for them to be in custody pending investigation according to Citizen.
The Magistrate, however, declined the prosecutor's application citing lack of compelling reasons to hold the suspects further.
Instead, Andayi directed that the accused be charged o Wednesday 27th February, failure to which they will be discharged.
The seven who were identified as Anthony Wafula, Duncan Muchai, Gilbert Kirunja, Joseph Waswa, Isaac Wajekeche, David Luganya and William Simiyu are currently detained at Muthaiga Police Station.
They were arrested last Friday and Saturday by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) in an operation where four vehicles were recovered.
"The fraudsters who were mostly targeting the #indian community are currently in lawful custody & will be charged on Monday. Four vehicles that they were using were also confiscated-KCS 768F Toyota Land Cruiser V8, KCS 994A Toyota Mark X and KCR 497Q Toyota Axio Silver," read a tweet by DCI.