Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested six prime suspects in Kasarani, Nairobi who are said to be part of a sim-swap fraud Syndicate. According to the DCI, the six suspects were arrested following the arrest in Embu of one of them, who the detectives to Nairobi where the others were also apprehended. “We traced the money to Embu where the suspects were diverting it and after the arrest, the suspect led us to Lumumba Drive here in Kasarani where we managed to arrest the other five,” he said. Investigations have revealed that the young men have turned Mulot into one of the hotspots of mobile phone fraud in the country. The latest crime involves sim-swapping, a form of fraud in which scammers manipulate unsuspecting mobile phone users to divulge their confidential information.

Source: Daily Nation March 08, 2021 06:11 UTC