The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have appealed for help from members of the public to help find a suspected multimillion car import fraud suspect.
According to the DCI, he has been swindling Kenyans through unscrupulous means.
The scheme began with the suspect promising to import vehicles for clients, including foreign nationals and United Nations staff in Nairobi.
Victims were instructed to send payments directly to accounts controlled by the suspect, with some amounts reaching hundreds of thousands of Kenyan shillings.
The suspect then either failed to deliver the promised vehicles or made only partial payments to suppliers.
Further reports indicate that this led to delays, additional fees, storage charges, and significant financial losses for clients who had already paid in full.
In several cases, victims lamented that they never received their vehicles, while others were forced to pay unexpected extra costs to complete the import process.
The suspect, who remains at large, also closed all his initial physical offices where he interacted with clients and moved his operations online, as part of his operations to continue receiving payments without raising suspicion.
The DCI have therefore taken down the suspect’s website.
The authorities have therefore urged anyone with the information about the victim to unveil so as for justice to prevail.
