A man claiming to be Supreme Court Judge William Ouko was on Friday, December 15, arraigned at a Kiambu Law Court for allegedly swindling jobseekers.
The suspect Oduor Leakey Amolloh, in a suspected choreographed scheme, swindled several jobseekers by promising to help them secure permanent and pensionable employment opportunities.
He also allegedly requested huge sums of money from unsuspecting Kenyans promising to influence court cases.
The suspect who had set up cross-county operations, was apprehended after the Supreme Court judge received information about his fraudulent activities.
Judge Ouko filed a report with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations which led to the arrest of the suspect.
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"According to court papers, on 24th November 2023, Justice William Ouko, Judge of the Supreme Court of Kenya received information that a mobile number purporting to be his mobile number was being used to defraud members of the public on the pretext that he could influence public employments. Using Justice Ouko's name he also solicited and received money from unsuspecting victims. The Judge made a report to the police and upon recording a statement, investigations commenced," a report released by the Judiciary read in part.
"Court papers further read that DCI investigators also received intelligence from the local police and local residents of the Awendo area that there are complaints from members of the public against the respondent and have since established that five people located in various parts of the country have fallen victim of such fraud hence the need to trace, interview and record the statements of the said victims," Judiciary added.
During the hearing on Friday, DCI officers indicated that the suspect had residences in Nairobi, Kakamega, and Migori where he is suspected to be operating his fraudulent activities.
Police sought court orders to enable them to search the residences to recover any exhibit that may be relevant to the ongoing investigations.
The DCI officers have also lined up some of the victims who will be interviewed to give more information about the suspect's operations.
However, the suspect will be arraigned at Kisumu Law Courts on December 19, 2023.
