A Kenyan national is facing a number of charges in the United States after being arrested for reportedly defrauding Insurance firms up to Ksh111.5 million ($1 million). A report by Daily Nation on Sunday, December 13, indicated that the man identified as Oscar Simon Ndereva, had allegedly been running a con syndicate in the country since 2015. The authorities revealed that Ndereva had impersonated another Kenyan identified only as JK who had left the US in 2005 and never returned. FileNdereva reportedly sent 780 claims to insurance companies demanding over Ksh500 million ($5 million). The Insurance companies would then follow up before remitting the money to cover the insured.

Source: Daily Nation December 13, 2020 04:46 UTC