A serial fraudster preying on potenttial land buyers in Kitengela has been exposed on social media.
From a Facebook post seen by nyakundireport.com , one local resident warned the public to stay vigilant of the man identified as "Mwaura the Surveryor" as well as his yet to be named female accomplice.
This is after the man named Joel Gad Mukoya caught thetwo red handed on his piece of land on the morning of Wednesday 2nd February 2021.
Also in their prescense was a gullible client who was about to get fleeced. "BUYERS BE WARE. This fraudster has been chased from my plot trying to sell. Buyers of Kitengela Utalii plots and owners be aware of this two fraudsters, they were chased this morning trying to sell my plot. Am told that is the famous Mwaura the surveyor," he wrote. c
Land fraud in Kenya is mostly committed by a cartel that has membership of government officials, land surveyors, brokers, and lawyers who ‘legalise’ cases of outright fraud in land dealings.
The crooks are known to sometimes manipulate elderly landowners to surrender their title deeds after which ownership is transferred illegally.
Other fraudsters collude with government officials who issue succession letters to strangers without the knowledge of the affected families – leading to children losing their inheritance.