Police Arrest Notorious Facebook Fraudster

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Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a middle-aged man who has been engaging in fraudulent dealings and conning unsuspecting Kenyans.

Justin Mwirigi Murungi, a perennial online fraudster who has been conning clients through a non-existing online gas cylinder shop was traced and nabbed by detectives after a number of Kenyans launched complaints about his dubious dealings.

In one such instance, Robert Isiche Mzee, a resident of Langata, unknowingly found himself in the grasp of the serial fraudster.

Detectives revealed how Mzee, who was setting up a gas vending business in Kamulu area landed on Murungi’s Facebook page.

“It was in November last year while he was shopping online for a place to source the cylinders when he came across a Facebook page advertising the exact business,” the DCI said in a statement.

“The page which goes by the name Heritage Gas Wholesalers had information detailing the business as dealing with gas cylinders, with several brands of cooking gas displayed. The page also had a contact number and the contact person’s name given as Kelvin Mwangi.”

After satisfactorily double-checking the page, Mzee dialed the number and made inquiries before placing an order of 60 gas cylinders at a total cost of Ksh354,000.

The conman thereafter sent a quotation and requested him to pay a commitment fee of Ksh118,000 for the processing to be fast-tracked.

After brief negotiations, he accepted to waive the commitment fee to Ksh100,000 since Mzee was going to purchase the products in bulk.

“The agreement was sealed, despite the fact that Mzee had no clue of who was behind the Facebook page or how he looked like. On the 3rd day of December, 2021, Mzee transferred Ksh100,000 via M-Pesa mobile money transfer to the con’s number. He was to be paid the rest of the money upon delivery of the cylinders,” the DCI started.

Days passed by without Mzee receiving the products as earlier agreed, prompting him to read malice.

Upon making calls to have his commodities supplied, the suspect started making excuses and finally failed to pick up his calls. It was then that Mzee realized he had been conned before filing a report at Langata Police Station.

The suspect on Monday, 26th April appeared before court where he was facing multiple charges, among them conspiracy to defraud and obtaining money by false pretense.

The DCI has urged other Kenyans who have been conned by the suspect to visit DCI Langata and file their complaints.

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