Friday,
October 18, 2024 – In a decisive crackdown on online fraud, a team of detectives
from the DCI headquarters has apprehended three suspects linked to a troubling
scheme that has seen scammers impersonate employees of Simba Cement.
These fraudsters have been enticing unsuspecting customers with
promises of cement at enticingly low prices, leading many into a web of deceit.
Assorted SIM cards, a
desktop computer, and six mobile phones among other items were recovered from
the suspects; Kelvin Kiplangat, Cyprian Bowen, and Betty Cherop Kosgei who have
been operating from Baruti in Nakuru county.
In a separate
incident, two men were taken into custody in Masimba, Makueni County, for
defrauding unemployed teachers under the guise of being high-ranking officials
from the Ministry of Education.
 Moses Murungi George, a figure with a dark
past; had previously been convicted of murder at the Meru High Court in 2000
and sentenced to life imprisonment. However, in a turn of fate, he was released
in 2018 by the Court of Appeal.
His counterpart in
crime, Joseph Baariu Imiemba has also been found to have been previously
charged for robbery with violence at Nakuru law court in the year 2002 where he
was convicted and sentenced to Death. He however appealed and was released from
Kamiti Maximum prison in the year 2019.
Upon search, six
mobile phones paired with Airtel and Safaricom sim cards were recovered from the
suspects where it was further established that the mobile phone numbers are the
same that had been used in committing the said crimes.
A motor vehicle Reg.
No. KCW 435P was also recovered from the duo.
Investigations
continue in pursuit of any additional accomplices as all the five suspects
await to face legal proceedings.
 The
Kenyan DAILY POST.