The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested seven people suspected to be fraudsters who have been impersonating a senior government officer and socialites to obtain money by false pretense after an intense operation.
The seven, Joseph Waswa, Duncan Muchai, Isaac Wanyonyi, William Simiyu, David Luganya, Gilbert Kirunja and Antony Wafula were arrested on Saturday following an operation by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
DCI confirmed the arrests through a statement posted on its twitter handle, the detectives recovered four vehicles including a Toyota Land Cruiser V8, Toyota Mark X and Toyota Axio that the suspects were allegedly using to run their activities.
According to police, the suspected fraudsters were mostly targeting the Indian community. They will be arraigned in court on Monday to face charges of obtaining money by false pretense among other counts.