Three men have been charged before a Nairobi court for allegedly orchestrating a SIM swap fraud using the mobile number of Central Police Station OCS Samson Talaam, while he was in custody.
Amos Nzomo Kimanzi, James Mutemi Munyithya, and Dennis Masavi Musyimi are accused of accessing the officer's phone line, which was being held as evidence by IPOA over the murder of blogger Albert Ojwang' and using it to solicit money from Talaam's family, friends, and lawyers In one of the charges the Director of Public Prosecutions, informed the court that the three suspects "fraudulently and dishonestly replaced SIM card belonging to Talaam and unlawfully solicited money from the public for their own gain." Appearing before Milimani Magistrate Dolphina Alego the trio were charged with five counts of conspiracy to commit a felony, computer fraud, unlawful possession and use of an identity card, and obtaining registration by false pretenses. The alleged crimes occurred between June 16 and June 19, 2025.
In a surprising twist, the third accused persons Musyimi pleaded guilty to the three counts.
He admitted to using the SIM-swapped line belonging to suspended OCS Talaam to defraud unsuspecting Kenyans, just a day after the police boss was arrested over the murder of Ojwang' in June.
