A Makueni teacher identified as Jeremiah Mwavuganga Samuel has been arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) for authoring a Facebook post, claiming that Teachers Service Commission boss Nancy Macharia had passed away.
According to DCI, 31 year old Mwavunganga authored the Facebook post using a fake account purporting to be that of the Teachers Service Commission.
“Jeremiah Mwavuganga Samuel, 31, a teacher at Musiini Pry Sch in Makueni County was arrested yesterday at the county's Makutano Shopping centre in Nzaui,” stated DCI.
“His pursuit and subsequent arrest followed an extensive forensic analysis to identify the suspect, a joint operation shouldered by DCI Emali and the Crime Research & Intelligence Bureau detectives.”
[Suspect Jeremiah Mwavuganga Samuel]
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DCI said that after his arrest on Saturday, the suspect was found in possession of the handset used in creating the viral post and the Facebook account used was also confirmed to be his.
Mwavuganga is currently cooling his heels at the DCI headquarter and will be arraigned on Monday.
The sleuths put on notice individuals misusing social media platforms to author misleading information, blackmailing and defrauding others.
“The DCI passes a stern warning to those who misuse social media platforms by authoring misleading messages, aimed at causing abject humiliation, blackmailing, defrauding and any such information that is punishable by law. Such contemptible conducts will be investigated and perpetrators brought to book.”
