The Directorate of Criminal Investigations arrested two women and a man suspected of defrauding Mpesa agents in Isiolo County.
35-year-old Mary Wangari Hinga, Samwel Maina Ndirangu, 36 from Utawala partnered with Josephine Chesang' from Bomet in a criminal enterprise that defrauded Mpesa agents of their 'float'.
The three were arrested after numerous complaints from Mpesa agents in Isiolo county after losing their investments with some businesses teetering on the verge of collapse.
The two lady suspects arrested on suspicion of Mpesa fraud
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Investigations by the DCI revealed that the three approached mobile money agents acting as sim card wholesalers.
Having been offered a sweet deal, the Mpesa agents jumped at the offer to purchase the sim cards and other products at discounted prices.
The third partner in the Isiolo Mpesa fraud scheme
The fraudsters then switched the agent's sim cards allowing them to siphon the 'Mpesa float'.
The three were found with several sim cards and a Toyota Vitz which they were using to transverse Isiolo was detained by the authorities.
