Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Serious Crime Unit detectives have today (Thursday) arrested Peter Wangai Muriithi, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Goldenscape Group Limited.
Mr Wangai through his company is said to have lured investors to invest in Greenhouses that were to be set up in Ol Kalou, Nyahururu and other places which turned out to be a fraudulent investment deal.
He will be charged with the offence of obtaining money by false pretenses, conspiracy to defraud, false representation, issuing bad cheques among other charges.
Several of his victims have recorded statements at the DCI Hqs.
Early this month, DCI sleuths launched a manhunt for Peter Wangai after a scathing expose aired on Citizen TV that exposed how he collected billions from Kenyans before disappearing into thin air.
Through Goldenscape Greenhouses, Wangai lured investors to put in their cash in the project and collected billions, promising high returns in leased green houses that did not materialize.
The mouth-watering deal that was backed by commercials on TV that made the firm look credible saw Goldenscape Greenhouses offer contractual obligations to investors, with an assurance of a Ksh 550,000 return on a Ksh 320,000 investment after six months.
“The money I expected as returns from the investment would have been over Ksh7 million. That would have taken me out of poverty,” stated one investor in the Goldenscape scandal.
Trouble came calling after the investors failed to receive money as promised in the deal, prompting them to file complaints with the DCI.
Citizen TV expose revealed that Peter Wangai allegedly disappeared at the beginning of the week of Monday, March 2, never to be found.
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nothing like Justice in Kenya's electoral body.this greediest must vacate the office
Your Comment : I have now believed that we do not have an independent electoral and boundaries commission , instead we have a congregation of greedy individuals out to misuse Kenyans and bring chaos to our country. #Remove them. #clean the top leadership.
Congratulations to Governor Mutua,you really deserve to lead in the best performing governors,,, those ranked last should be dealt with accordingly for misappropriating public funds
Raila was the hunter now the hunted... how do trust a hyena like Uhuru.. You both greedy... you dug your grave lie in it... What handshake.. Crap...
Babu aje zake,handshake is for all Kenyans, and Kibra believe in handshake, there4, Uhuru And Raila should have different candidates and whoever Will go through Will be thé product of handshake
Babu waja ukoloni bwana, there's no direct ticket
Hehehe, supporting somebody was not an agreement in the handshake my friends!! Remember Raila caused many to die during the era of maandamano hence Uhuru devised a method how to tame this power hungry man!! Mariga must win
Your Raila and uhuru come from different political party,. Everyone is free to handle his party issues and i salute the president for supporting mariga being the jubilee candidate. Raila is also supporting the odm candidate and no one is against that. Some people are taking handshake as political party while it's not. Please mr mp style up.
Babu wacha kiherehere or baba will tie u the same tree kidero and obado were rope tied when the latters looked threatening the leadership of baba in nyanza
wacha kiherehere babu