In a new arising criminal activitity involving impersonification of the dead, a family was shocked when they found their late loved one Mariam Omar’s name is registered as the owner and operator of three commercial trucks and at the same time a major importer of vehicles and knock down car parts.
This was realised after the discovery that fraudsters are new using dead people’s identifiacation cards to import and register vehicles.
Mariam Omar passed on in 2014 but documents show is healty and alive despite originally being burried on August 30, 2014- a day after she died at the Alfarooq Hospital.
Her young brother, Omar, found out about this information by chance. He wanted to sell land registered in her name to clear the hospital bill she had accumulated, when the Government’s revenue portal revealed the immense wealth that she had.
Government records revealed that she owned a 13-tonne Isuzu truck and Toyota matatu registered in 2015 and 2016 respectively.Even more appalling is evidence that her identity card was allegedly used even before she died.
“I was shocked to find out that someone was using my sister’s identity to execute fraud,” Omar stated.
Rogue government officials are likely to be perpetrating the multi-billion shilling scam by using fake identity cards as the one belonging to Mariam.