Two women were arrested by detectives on Tuesday December 9 for allegedly defrauding desperate job seekers by selling fake National Police Service (NPS) recruitment letters in the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD).
The pair were arrested following complaints from members of the public, some of whom had fallen victim to their scam in the busy Kencom area.
According to the DCI, the suspects lured job seekers with the promise of guaranteed employment and convinced them to hand over a bribe in exchange for NPS calling letters.
Acting on intelligence, detectives conducted an operation that resulted in the arrest of the two women and the recovery of Ksh320,000, believed to be the proceeds of their fraudulent activities.
The suspects were cross-examined and the detectives established that the pair were involved in a wider scheme which was traced to the Upper Hill area.
A third accomplice, who was believed to be operating in the same area, fled after learning that the police were looking for him.
However, he abandoned his Mazda station wagon, enabling the police to recover two additional fake NPS letters.
The discovery of more fake letters provided the authorities with sufficient evidence to suggest that the three individuals were involved in a larger operation targeting job seekers.
The two women are in custody pending court arraignment. Meanwhile, the abandoned vehicle is being held as evidence while detectives step up efforts to track down the third suspect who fled.
Incidentally, the latest arrests came a day after another suspect whose name resembles that of Deputy Inspector General Gilbert Masengeli was charged with defrauding Kenyans of Ksh2 million in a fake police recruitment scam.
The suspect had allegedly promised seven parents of unsuspecting job seekers positions within the NPS in exchange for money.
A week earlier, another suspect extorted Ksh2.5 million from unsuspecting Job seekers in a similar manner.
