A Nairobi court has sentenced the alleged mastermind behind a Ksh151 million fake tantalum scam to three years in prison or a Ksh10 million fine, holding him responsible for defrauding a Chinese investor.

• Ksh151 million was lost by the defrauded Chinese investor.
• The convicted individual is Ulundu Patrick Lumumba, also known by aliases Gabriel Kulonda and Lumumba Patrick Byarufu.
• The scam involved falsely declaring containers filled with sand as valuable tantalum, exposing a sophisticated transnational mineral export fraud spanning multiple countries.