DCI detectives have arrested two M-pesa fraudsters who have been conning the residents of Machakos. The detectives also recovered more than 600 SIM cards, 96 Identification cards bearing different names and six mobile phones.
KCB Inua Jamii Cash Transfer Cards, 16 Bank Agent Transaction Registers, two gambling machines, and a laptop among other electronic equipment were also confiscated during the raid.
Kevin Sagini Oroko, 23, and Dominic Otiso Nyabuto, 27, were apprehended from their hideout at Miwani Estate within Machakos town.
They two are now in police custody awaiting arraignment in court.
Following a tip-off from members of the public, two MPESA fraudsters who have been terrorizing residents of Machakos County & it’s environs have been nabbed by a combined team of @PoliceKE and @DCI_Kenya detectives based at Machakos. pic.twitter.com/tiHjQ9JCJf
— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) September 16, 2020
This comes barely two days after detectives arrested one police officer Boniface Nthenge, stationed at Kitengela police station and one Lucy Syombua who were using stolen ID cards to acquire loans fraudulently.
DCI said the two are members of a syndicate that fraudulently acquired loans and other benefits from M-pesa platform.
