A 37-year-old foreign national has been arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in connection with an alleged fraud case.
According to the Kenya Police Service, the suspect, a dual citizen of Somalia and Australia identified as Ige Nasa, was intercepted by authorities at Terminal 1A after arriving from Australia via Johannesburg on a Kenya Airways flight.
Police said the arrest followed an active immigration control alert that had been issued on January 30, 2026, linking him to an ongoing criminal investigation.
The suspect is reportedly being investigated over allegations of obtaining money by false pretenses.
37-Year-Old Foreign Suspect Nabbed at JKIA in Fraud Probe. Photo: Courtesy.
“A 37-year-old dual citizen of Somalia and Australia has been arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in connection with fraud. The suspect, Ige Nasa, was intercepted at Terminal 1A upon arrival from Australia via Johannesburg aboard a Kenya Airways Flight. He was flagged by an active immigration control alert issued on 30th January 2026, linked to a case of Obtaining Money by False Pretenses,” the statement read.
Police said the suspect was booked at the airport police station before being handed over to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), where detectives will continue with further inquiries.
Notably, DCI detectives have also arrested and arraigned a suspected cybercriminal accused of masterminding a fraud scheme that cost a leading microfinance institution more than Ksh11.4 million.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations said the suspect allegedly took advantage of system weaknesses to carry out dozens of concealed transactions before attempting to delete traces of the activity.
Investigators noted that the case was launched after the microfinance institution filed a formal complaint, reporting suspicious transactions and irregular activity within its digital systems.
The DCI said a team from the Banking Fraud Investigation Unit launched forensic investigations after the complaint was filed, uncovering 38 transactions missing from the institution’s records but marked as successful to recipients.
Detectives believe system and database logs were erased to conceal the fraud.
The suspect was arraigned in court on multiple cybercrime and financial fraud charges, pleaded not guilty, and was released on a Ksh1.5 million bond or Ksh500,000 cash bail.
The case will be mentioned on March 3, 2026, as investigations continue.
