Day light robbery is taking overthe 24 hour economy with criminals developing more wiked methods to quench greedy ambitionsby all means.However the law has a hobby of catching up later for justice’ sake.
Police are pursuing aKakamega tea trader, following a report from insurance investigators detailing how he claimed millions of shillings from insurance companies by placing multiple accounts of fake insurance claims.
According to the Insurance Fraud Investigators, the trader, whose name was not disclosed for legal issues, has insured his trucks using multiple insurance companies and also ensures that his tea is equally insured while on transit from Uganda.
The investigators’ report also detailed how the trader makes his trucks disappear, then allegedly makes multiple insurance claims to reap millions from his well-orchestrated plans.
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 ferrying15.6 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.
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.The DCI has takenup the case.