This archive report was first published on 2 September 2019.
Published on September 2, 2019, a wanted con-artist, Zachary Mwangi Kariuki, is set to be arraigned in a Nairobi court on Monday.
He had been on the loose despite having eight warrants of arrest on his head and close to 20 fraud cases in court.
According to police, Kariuki was arrested in Limuru following an array of complaints to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
He was arrested by flying squad detectives after what appeared to be a deliberate attempt to fail to arrest him by other officers.
Since his arrest on Friday evening, 24 people have presented themselves to the flying squad headquarters claiming to have lost between Ksh.250,000 and Ksh.1.9 million to Kariuki.
Police say, through his firm – Imperial World Ventures – Kariuki allegedly lured his victims to deposit large sums of money which he claims to invest in, then earn a percentage of profit per month.
He is also likely to face impersonation charges as he is alleged to have swindled Ksh.600,000 from a Nyandarua politician pretending to be connected to influential government officials who would give him work on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).
Additionally, he is suspected to have impersonated a State House employee and conned two businessmen Ksh.10 million promising them a meeting with the president and subsequent lucrative government tenders.
