KRA Officers Seize Sh3.1 Million in a Jacket Sent to a Nigerian Man in Nairobi from the US

Officials from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and Posta Kenya have recovered $28,000 (Sh3.1 million) from a parcel shipped to Nairobi from the US.

The money had been stashed in a jacket that was inside a suitcase sent to a Nigerian national in Kenya from South Carolina.

Posta officials in collaboration with KRA customs officers based at City Square Post Office recovered the money during a routine search.

The suitcase contained clothes and books sent to a Nigerian man identified as Peter Oluwafemi Olaiwon.

The foreigner was arrested upon presenting himself to collect the parcel which was sent by Ms. Linda C Dye, a resident of South Carolina.

"Mr. Olaiwon was arraigned in court on November 8th, 2021, and charged with financial promotion of an offense contrary to section 7 of the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act and Conveyance of Monetary Instruments to Kenya, contrary to section 12 of The Proceeds Of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act," KRA said in a statement.

Olaiwon denied the charges and was released on a cash bail of Sh150,000 and a personal bond of Sh200,000.