Have you ever been defrauded? Well, these cases have been on the high rise, with some con people even mimicking President Uhuru Kenyatta to defraud the public.
Did you know that they even defraud the police? A police officer attached to Langas Police station in Uasin Gishu County is still at pain whenever he tries to remember how his Ksh 300,000 sunk in water.
According to Corporal Edward Kemboi, a man introduced himself to him as an employee (journalist) of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), Eldoret branch.
His frequent visits to the station in what was believed to be search of crime-related stories made Kemboi to believe him.
One day, the corporal then asked the alleged journalist if his son, Erick Tanui, would get an employment slot at the National Intelligence Service.
It is at this point that the suspect told him about a Ksh 300,000 fee that needed to be paid so that his 20-year-old son would get the job.
Kemboi later went to Nairobi and took a loan from the Police Sacco, which he gave to the journalist.
The accused then stated that once the amount was cleared, he would be provided with Government forms for the employment.
The imposter and his son later boarded a vehicle to Nairobi, where the imposter lied his bosses were located. Tanui was to meet them and collect the employment forms at the NIS headquarters.
However, on arriving in Nairobi, he disappeared in the streets, which made Tanui board another vehicle back to Eldoret.
“My worry is how I can get this conman. He didn’t give us his full names, he is a person known to many people including journalists. My family is suffering following a heavy deduction from my salary. I pray that justice will take its course so that I can recover my money,” Kemboi told The Standard.
Langas OCPD Abduba, confirmed the incident stating that investigations were ongoing and that such cases were normal in the society.