Topic: fraud
How to protect your Equity Bank account from increasing dangers of online fraud
Feb 04, 2024 at 02:49 PM
The Kenyan financial sector has in the recent years continued to embrace technology in its operations in a bid to offer their customers faster and more convenient banking....
Margaret Nyakang'o freed on 500k bail as summons issued for her 10 co-accused
Dec 05, 2023 at 05:28 PM
Controller of Budget Dr Margaret Nyakang'o was on Tuesday charged with swindling Claudia Mutungi of Sh29 million, operating FEB Sacco Society Limited minus a valid licence, and for...
Safaricom partners with six banks in Kenya to tackle SIM-Swap fraud menace
Mar 02, 2023 at 05:58 PM
Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa noted that the rapid growth of Kenya’s FinTech sector has seen a rapid growth threat environment targeting both customers and FinTech operators....
Court drops Sh159 million fraud case against ex-Kenya Power MD Ken Tarus
Feb 08, 2023 at 06:00 PM
Former Kenya Power Managing Director Ken Tarus was all smiles on Wednesday after a court in Nairobi allowed the Sh159 million fraud case facing him to be withdrawn....
Prosecution applies to hold Mulot SIM swap fraud suspect David Mutai longer
Jan 04, 2023 at 08:07 PM
The application seeking to continue holding Mutai at Muthaiga Police Station to allow police to conclude their investigation was filed by an investigating officer in the fraud case...
CHRIS AKOLO: Why online fraud is high during festive seasons and how to prevent it
Dec 14, 2022 at 10:24 PM
Kenyan consumers have expressed a strong desire to buy more discretionary products during the festive season while coming out of the pandemic....
Suspected e-commerce fraud has gone up by 42 per cent in Kenya ahead of Christmas, TransUnion survey reveals
Dec 13, 2022 at 01:25 AM
The analysis showed that the average number of suspected digital fraud attempts on any given day during that holiday period worldwide witnessed an 82 per cent hike compared to the ...
JuicyScore draws attention to increasing online fraudsters targeting digital loans
Nov 25, 2022 at 12:45 PM
Akolo indicated that digitization has assisted many firms to access new customers and reduce operation costs but it has also created a rich environment for online fraudsters....
Notorious Nigerian fraudster Hushpuppi to spend 11 years in a US federal prison
Nov 08, 2022 at 11:11 PM
The US court ordered Hushpuppi, real name Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, to pay $1,732,841 (an equivalent of 210,973,392) in recompense to two of the victims of his money laundering....
DPP drops charges against Aisha Jumwa in Sh19 million NGCDF corruption case
Oct 12, 2022 at 11:35 AM
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has dropped graft charges against former Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa, who has been nominated for the position of Cabinet Secretary in ...
Notorious scammer who posed as white woman to defraud Jiji car seller arrested
Apr 10, 2022 at 06:00 PM
Bob Nyongesa, while posing as Ryan Britney who hails from Narok, is said to have called Ali expressing intention to purchase a luxurious Mercedes Benz at a cost of Sh1.4 million....
Jimi Wanjigi defiant even as he faces Kwacha House land fraud charges
Jan 19, 2022 at 11:16 PM
Wanjigi’s lawyer, Willis Otieno, told the court the Inspector General of the Police and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) were served with the orders barring his prosecution....
Safaricom fires 28 employees over fraud-related offences
Oct 01, 2021 at 07:10 AM
Safaricom has fired 28 of its employees because of their alleged involvement in fraud in the year ended March 2021....
Kenyan woman pleads guilty to fraud in Sh431 million romance scams in US
Jun 22, 2021 at 11:53 AM
A 36-year-old Kenyan National living in Boston in the US pleaded guilty to being part of a fraud conspiracy involving romance scams....
Lang’ata Prison boss 'Nasra' linked to intricate Sh200 million jobs scam
May 22, 2021 at 10:30 PM
Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) sleuths are looking for Lang’ata Women’s Prison Senior Sergeant Grace Nyamohanga alias Nasra over links to a Sh200 million job scam...
Bahati loses Sh2 million court battle against Peter Blessings
Mar 22, 2021 at 06:31 PM
A Nairobi court has acquitted producer Peter Blessings of defrauding gospel singer Kelvin Kioko alias Bahati of Sh2 million by pretending he could produce music videos for him. ...
4 suspects charged with stealing Sh2.8m from dead man in sim swap fraud
Feb 16, 2021 at 07:57 PM
4 suspects charged with stealing Sh2.8m from dead man in sim swap fraud ...