The Standard, Kenya
Feb 28 2009
â??Arturs were international conmenâ??
By Isaac Ongiri
The two Armenian brothers had a criminal record cutting across the
continents.
A joint parliamentary departmental committees investigation found the
pair had attempted their tricks in the United Arabs Emirates where
they sneaked in as Russians.
They used the names Arthur Gevorkiyan (Passport No 7610149) and Arthur
Argasyan alias Andrei Driluskiy (Passport No 7610126).
"It was further stated that they did not establish any business in
Dubai and were basically conmen," the report states.
The brothers arrived in Kenya in November 2005, at the invitation of a
city-based businessman Raju Sanghani.
Margaryan, according to the report, was the first to arrive on
November 10, 2005, on an Armenian passport and left five days later
for London. He came back 28 days later accompanied by his "fake"
brother Artur Sargasyan, who also travelled on an Armenian passport.
Registered Companies
The airport authorities, however, failed to trace entry declarations
forms filled by the two. Sargasyan never left the county until he was
deported.
Margaryan and Sargasyan registered two companies, Brother Link
International in which, together with Mr Mohammed Zakir Oomer, they
were directors.
The other company, Kensignton Holdings Ltd, which they illegally
registered twice, had Julius Maina Mwangi, Winfred Wangui Mwai and
Aloise Atieno Omita as directors.
The two sneaked two containers out of the port, which later
disappeared while being transported to M/S Rapid Kate Services Ltd
bonded warehouse in Nairobi.
Three blank passports stolen from Immigration Ministry offices in
Nairobi, under serial numbers A1031194, A1031195 and A1031196, were
found at the Artursâ?? house when police raided their
residence.
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