Suspect Harriet Wabwire arrested by DCI for conning Chinese national 101,000 dollars. Photo: DCI X.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested a woman for deceiving a Chinese national to supply aluminum alloy, claiming she is an employee the Director OTD Group, on Friday 20.
The suspected identified as a 38-year-old Harriet Marry Wabwire. According to DCI, , was arrested by Kamkunji detetives over alleged involvement in scamming the victim 101,000 dollars.
DCI further stated that convinced the her victim that she was able to do the supply, after producing a forged conformity certificate from Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS).
“38-year-old Harriet Mary Wabwire has been apprehended by Kamukunji detectives for her role in a bold scam that deceived a Chinese national out of USD 101,000. Wabwire cleverly posed as the Director of OTD Group Limited; she claimed that she was in a position to supply aluminium alloys. In her elaborate scheme, she provided the victim with a forged bill of lading and a counterfeit Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) certificate of conformity,” DCI stated.
DCI further stated that the suspect claimed to 23,890kgs of aluminium alloys had already been approved for shipment to Ningbo China, from Mombasa Port, and packed in a 40-footer container.
After the falsified information, the victim is said to have transferred the amount into her account before she switched off her phone, and was later traced to Tassia Nairobi, where she was arrested.
“These documents falsely asserted that a consignment of 23,890 kilograms of aluminium alloys had been securely packed in a 40-foot container, ready for shipment from the port of Mombasa to Ningbo, China. After the unsuspecting complainant transferred a hefty USD 101,1000 into Wabwire’s bank account, she promptly switched off her phone and vanished without a trace,” read a part of the statement.
The suspect is in police custody, waiting to be arraigned in court, where she will face charges of conspiracy to defraud, obtaining money by false pretense and forgery according to Penal Code c Section 349.
