This archive report was first published on 12 December 2019.
On December 11, 2019, Criminal Intelligence Bureau Detectives arrested Harun Kigera, a fraud suspect, at Molo, Nakuru County, following an operation.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), the incident occurred when the victim was having dinner at a hotel in Eldoret before being joined by two men and a lady at his table.
The lady requested the victim to send her 2,000 shillings in her Airtel line, claiming she would give him the same amount in cash.
However, the group left shortly after, and it was not until the next morning that the victim realized the amount missing from his bank account.
Further investigation revealed that 400,000 shillings were transferred to various phone numbers, while 140,000 shillings were transferred to the suspect's bank account.
The DCI suspects that the fraudsters had mastered the victim's PIN as he made the transaction before swapping his line.
The DCI warns members of the public against this kind of fraud, where people are being duped into online transactions in exchange for cash money, and thereby innocently revealing their PIN and phone numbers.
