The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Friday, June 20, revealed the arrest of a Kenyan woman who had allegedly conned a Chinese national out of Ksh 13 million (USD 101,100). "A 38-year-old woman has been apprehended by Kamukunji detectives for her role in a bold scam that deceived a Chinese national out of USD 101,000 (Ksh 13M)," the DCI stated.
In a statement, the detectives detailed how the woman posed as the director of a local scrap trading company and claimed she was in a position to supply the foreigner with aluminium alloys.
As part of her elaborate scheme, she provided the victim with a forged bill of lading and a counterfeit Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) certificate of conformity.
Pieces of aluminium alloy Photo Canva 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.
