Tanzanian police restrain millionaire Kenyan music mogul Joe Kariuki over 300 million fraud
Candy ‘n’ Candy Records boss Joe Kariuki was arrested in Tanzania on July 2nd 2017 and has been under the watchful eye of Tanzanian authorities ever since.
Joe was apprehended in Longido District for defrauding a certain Yusuf Mohamed a whopping Tsh 300 million or Kes 13.9 million. Arusha court threw out his fraud case but Tanzanian police immediately arrested him again outside the courthouse.
“Baada ya kufikishwa mahakamani shauri lake lilifutwa juzi kisha polisi walimkamata nje ya mahakama na kumpeleka kituo cha polisi Longido ambako anashikiliwa,” Joe Kariuki’s lawyer John Malya was quoted by Bongo5.
Joe’s lawyer said police told him that another victim had stepped forth with new evidence and that his case would be reopened.
The millionaire Kenyan music mogul got sick while under the custody of Tanzanian police, he was admitted at a hospital in Arusha under tight security from the police.
Tanzanian prosecutors on Monday July 31st read new charges to Joe while he was still receiving treatment at the hospital in Arusha.
Tanzanian news outlets report that Joe Kariuki is still admitted in hospital even though they didn’t elaborate about his state of health.
