A couple believed to have swindled a city-based management consultant over Sh11 million in a diamonds scam have been arrested.
Peter Mboya and Redempta Nduku, swindled a Nairobi-based woman who works as a management consultant.
Detectives attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) recovered Sh19 million in fake U.S dollars which was concealed in a briefcase.
“In an undercover operation by Crime Research (CRIB) and Serious crime detectives, the fake currency concealed in a briefcase was recovered when the detectives were effecting the arrest of a couple,” read DCI report.
This followed a report filled by the complainant after what first appeared to be a lucrative lifetime venture, turned out to be a joke and the biggest fraud the woman has ever experienced in her life.
The woman was tricked into investing in the dubious trade by one engineer Irungu, who introduced himself as her former trainee.
According to DCI, Irungu introduced her to an alleged Botswana national Peter Malobe, who required a feasibility study prior to investing in middle-income housing.
“The said Motswana, also turned out to be an established dealer in the export of diamonds to an Australian based company, known as BHP. All the complainant needed to do was to be part of the diamonds export business to start reaping big from it and establish a financial empire,” read the report.
“Finding the deal too sweet to decline, the woman swallowed the bait and that marked the beginning of her current financial predicament.”
The woman was tricked into parting with colossal sums of money for license acquisition from the ministry of Mining, customs and clearance fees for the diamonds, penalties, stamps and transfer fees among other charges that kept coming up every step of the way especially when she demanded for payment.
Serious crimes and CRIB detectives managed to arrest a couple; in whose accounts the funds were channelled.
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