The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Friday, February 28, announced it had arrested two Kenyans who had conned a Chinese national Ksh6.5 million in a cryptocurrency scam.
Through a statement, DCI revealed that the two had presented themselves as cryptocurrency exchange experts to the Chinese national able to facilitate a crypto exchange. "Kilimani hawkshaws have nabbed two cunning fraudsters who swindled a Chinese national Sh6.5 million on February 20, 2025, at Rose Gardens in Kileleshwa," DCI stated. "The duo masqueraded as cryptocurrency exchange experts, claiming that they were in a position to facilitate a cryptocurrency exchange," the detectives added.
A photo of cryptocurrency, bitcoin Photo Bitcoin Detailing the con job, the sleuths said that one of the suspects fled with the money during the currency exchange, with the other remaining behind to reassure the Chinese man that his money was in safe hands. "While converting the cash into cryptocurrency, one of them made a dramatic exit with the money in a carrier bag, slipping through a backdoor.
Left behind, the bewildered victim was still in the grip of his accomplice, who posed as a trustworthy technician," DCI noted.
