The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has apprehended two suspects, father and son, who robbed money transaction shops in Gikomba market of over Ksh236,000.
In a statement on Thursday, October 2, the detectives said that the two individuals executed the fraud scheme on September 2, 2025, using SIM cards, agents, paybill numbers, and smartphones.
According to the detectives, the 49-year-old father, who is believed to be the mastermind of the scheme, was responsible for introducing the 23-year-old son to the illegal activity.
"The curtain has fallen on a notorious father-and-son con team that has been milking [money transaction] shops dry in Nairobi’s Gikomba market. Together, they form part of a broader syndicate targeting Nairobi’s mobile money dealers," DCI stated.
The DCI apprehended the two suspects in Komarock’s Nyama Villa estate after they managed to trace them using digital footprints linking them to the fraud.
During the raid, the security agents managed to recover unused SIM cards, ID cards, agent and paybill numbers from different telecommunication companies, and laptops and smartphones.
"The duo, 49-year-old Peter Mwendwa Musyoka and his 23-year-old son, Dennis Musyoka, were arrested at their hideout in Komarock’s Nyama Villa estate after Shauri Moyo detectives trailed digital footprints linking them to a Sh236,000 [mobile money transaction] fraud carried out on September 2, 2025, at Gikomba market," the detectives stated.
The arrest comes two years after the police nabbed another individual who attempted to defraud a milk distributor of Ksh1.8 million using edited mobile money texts.
In a statement, the National Police Service revealed the suspect received deliveries of milk from a local depot between July 5 and July 18, 2025, with the total value amounting to Ksh1,855,400.
When it came to payments, however, it was discovered that they were made using edited mobile money text messages that were masqueraded to look like they were from a legitimate financial service provider.
According to the detectives, the company's sales officer was the first to detect the fraud after noticing inconsistencies in the payment records.
After further scrutiny, the company revealed that the SMS confirmations for each transaction were traced to a different mobile network and did not reflect in the distributor's official records, which then prompted the company to alert the authorities.
