A farmer has shocked cops with his heightened method of duping insurance companies that has led to serious pursue of the Kakamega tea farmer by police after coning millions of shillings through fake multi-insuarance claims.
Investigators got suspicious of the trader’s claims after he made two carjacking claims involving the same lorry carrying different tonnes of tea and different drivers.
He made the first claim on January 27, 2017, claiming that his truck, which was ferrying 15.6 tonnes of tea was carjacked at Shreeji Petrol stationin Busia when the driver stopped at his place to refresh. He alleged that the driver, on returning, did not find the truck. He was paid Kshs 2.7 million from this claim.
In April the same year, he made the same claim to a different insurance company, using the same truck, same kidnapping location and time. He however detailed that the lorry was ferrying20 tonnesof tea and used a different driver to make his claim of Kshs 5 million.
It is also alleged that around the same time, the trader also made a different claim for a different lorry claiming that it had been carjacked at Kapseret while transporting 10 tonnes of tea. He demanded Kshs 2.12 million in compensation.
This sparked the interest of the investigators who were quick to learn that the details did not add up.
“We are not certain on how many companies within the industry he has or is planning to defraud, and including using different company names to defeat detection,” an excerpt from the report read.