The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested 38-year-old Harriet Mary Wabwire in connection with a Ksh13 million (USD 101,000) scam targeting a Chinese national. The arrest was made by detectives from Kamukunji Police Station, Nairobi, following an elaborate fraud scheme.
According to the DCI, Wabwire posed as the director of OTD Group Limited and claimed she could supply aluminium alloys. She provided the victim with a forged bill of lading and a counterfeit Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) certificate of conformity. These fake documents falsely claimed that 23,890 kilograms of aluminium alloys were securely packed in a 40-foot container, ready to ship from Mombasa port to Ningbo, China.
After the victim transferred the money into Wabwire’s bank account, she switched off her phone and disappeared. However, DCI detectives traced her to a hideout in Tassia, Embakasi East Subcounty, Nairobi, where she was apprehended.
Wabwire is currently in custody awaiting arraignment as investigations continue.
