Saturday, February 22, 2025 - A syndicate of fraudsters involved in a series of stupefying and illegal transfer of cash through mobile money transactions within the Capital and its environs have been nabbed in a crackdown by DCI HQS detectives.
The operation followed a complaint by a fraught male victim
who fell prey to a callous park of seven fraudsters, three women and four men.
In a well calculated move targeting the seemingly cash-rich
victim, two of the male suspects, Moses Munene Mwangi and Lephines Mwangi Mwai
fraudulently registered several sim cards used to swap the victim's cards,
while the crime-prone damsels cajoled him to down spiked frothy waters.
The February 20 incident left the victim Sh 250,000 poorer,
after his mobile money and bank accounts were swept clean.
Distraught, he reported the case at Kiamumbi Police Station
before making his way to DCI HQS - Serious Crimes office, where empathetic
hawkshaws folded their sleeves for a manhunt.
On Friday, February 21, 2025, Moses Munene and Lephines
Mwangi were traced to Kahawa West and arrested having several unregistered sim
cards, before heading to Githurai 44 where Maureen Wambui Wanjohi, Purity
Wamaitha Njuguna and Jemimah Muiya Mitau were rounded up.
The three were directly linked to Sh 110,000 of the stolen
amount.
Casting their nets wider, the thorough cops moved to Ruiru
township in Kiambu County, therefrom nabbing Issac Kanini Mugo and James
Omwenga.
The two are believed to have illegally transferred some of
the victim's money from his Mpesa and Money Market Forex accounts.
The seven were escorted to Kiamumbi Police Station where they are cooling their heels pending arraignment.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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