Media Personality Salim Swaleh is among the people who have been arrested at the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary and Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs (OPCS-MFDA) Musalia Mudavadi.
Mudavadi’s office has confirmed the arrest of government officers who facilitated the operations of fraudsters at the offices located at Kenya Railways building.
In a statement on Sunday, June 23, the office of the PCS said the fraudsters were arrested on Saturday June 22, 2024.
The arrests followed a tipoff that alerted Mudavadi’s security, who then mounted intense surveillance at the Railways Office to disrupt the reported nefarious acts of impersonation and misuse of the facility by the fraudsters.
“Those arrested include Salim Swaleh, Director of OPCS Press Service, in whose office the swindlers were found nested with fake door switch-nametags,” the statement read in parts.
The office explained that further investigations by relevant law enforcement agencies are ongoing to track and arrest other conspirators who may have been involved.
The office explained that further investigations by relevant law enforcement agencies are ongoing to track and arrest other conspirators who may have been involved.
According to the office, the surveillance involved tracking a group masquerading as visitors who gained entrance individually into the Railways Building on different dates and times.
The fraudsters falsified their identities as Very Important People (VIP) guests or government officers, and the officers they purported to be visiting.
“Their victims were mainly foreigners who would be shepherded into the Railways Building ostensibly to meet high ranking Government officers for favors in exchange of bribes,” the statement read in parts.
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Salim Swaleh & Other Victims Accused of Aiding the Fraudsters
Besides, the surveillance was able to track and identify their co-conspirators, among them Government officers who facilitated their dastardly activities.
“The government officers arrested had perfected “renting” office space to criminals by either vacating their offices for the fraudsters’ use, or deceptively misrepresenting themselves,” the Office said.
Mudavadi’s office explained that the deception also meant switching legitimate name tags with fake ones on office doors to advance the scams.
“Upon being smoked out in one of the OPCS-MFDA Railway offices where the confidence tricksters had settled in wait for their victims on Saturday, the group had the audacity of attempting to bribe their way out,” added the statement.
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Mudavadi’s Office Warns Govt Institutions
The Office also cautioned government institutions to vet and oust disreputable government officers abetting such criminal activity which appears pervasive due to lax securing of Government institutions and a growing appetite for quick money by public officers.
The Office also warned government institutions to check and remove bad government officers who are helping with these crimes.
OPCS-MFDA said the problem seems to be widespread because government institutions are not secure enough and public officers are increasingly seeking quick money.
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