This archive report was first published on 12 December 2019.
On Thursday, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) in Molo, Nakuru County arrested a suspected fraudster who had allegedly stolen Ksh.540,000 from the bank account of an unsuspecting victim.
According to the DCI, the suspect, Harun Kigera, together with others stole the said amount after swapping the victim's Airtel Sim card when they were having dinner in Eldoret.
As reported by the DCI, the suspects had mastered the victim's PIN as he made the transaction before swapping his line.
Of the said amount, Ksh. 400,000 had been transferred to various phone numbers while Ksh.140,000 to the suspect's bank account.
The DCI has warned 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 which enable the fraudsters to swap their lines before cleaning up all their bank, Mpesa, Mshwari and Airtel Money savings.
Published on December 12, 2019
