Exclusive: Dutch businessman to get back KES 157M back in a fake gold scam
Dutch businessman to get back KES 157M back in a fake gold scam
Bernhard Ten Brinke, a Dutch businessman and rally driver, has been awarded KES 157 million by the court after he was conned out of money by fraudsters posing as gold traders.
The money was being held by the Asset Recovery Agency (ARA), which had seized it from a Kenyan, a Cameroonian, and two Zambians and their three companies.
Lady Justice Esther Maina ruled in Brinke’s favor after a two-year court battle.
According to Brinke, his troubles started in December 2020 when he entered into a contract with Global Freight Management Limited, a Kenyan firm, for the purchase and supply of 500kg of gold worth KES 2.1 billion.
He transferred KES 171 million to the account of a lawyer who was acting on behalf of the fraud...