DCI's Serious Crimes Unit (SCU) is appealing for information on the whereabouts of one Reynold Nelson Shikhule, who has been defrauding unsuspecting members of the public.
According to a statement by DCI on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, SCU's attention was drawn to numerous individual appeals by victims on social media networks, requesting their followers who may be privy to Reynold's whereabouts to inform them, with some pledging monetary rewards for the information.
The state agency revealed that Reynold Nelson Shikhule has had numerous run-ins with law enforcement.
According to the DCI, the 27-yr-old targets his victims by posing as an established investor at an online Forex Trade platform and a serious car dealer with connections globally.
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Reynold, born in Nakuru and raised in Kakamega's Kisa Central location, Mushiangubu sub-location, remains WANTED by detectives in Gigiri, Parklands & the Serious Crimes Unit (among other DCI offices) where he has pending cases.
In one of the felonies with which he is charged by SCU, Reynold defrauded a Microsoft East Africa Systems employee Ksh5M between August and October 2018 by falsely pretending to invest the money at an online forex trade that would earn the victim good monthly returns.
"The accused had thereafter disappeared in thin air, leaving behind scanty marks of his trace until June 2019 when SCU detectives nabbed and charged him before a Kiambu court for Obtaining Money by False Pretences. He was released on a Ksh1M bond alternatively giving a Ksh500,000 cash bail," DCi tweeted.
After several hearings, the suspect made an application to settle the matter outside the court by returning the victim's money but went ahead to issue two bad cheques to the victim in February 2020. He absconded court in all the subsequent hearings, which saw a warrant of arrest issued against him by the Chief Magistrate Court Kiambu.
Recently, a compilation of fraud cases that signalled his involvement was done by the SCU, triggering his profiling which established that his face, con trick & fraudulence was being run on various social media sites. Little has been left known of his trace.
"As SCU detectives intensify the hunt to curtail his criminal activities, we appeal to anyone with information that may assist in his speedy arrest to #FichuakwaDCI by calling our toll-free hotline 0800 722 203," DCI stated.
