Popular activist Boniface Mwangi has revealed how a suspected serial fraudster who was charged at Milimani Law Courts on February 1 conned him Ksh1million.
Mwangi made the confession in a statement on February 1,2024 as he warned members of the public against dealing with the suspect.
In his statement, the activist attributed the suspect’s arrest and arraignment to his complaints over the last two years.
“After complaining and posting about him for 2 years, he was finally arrested. If you come across him, just know he is a thief!” alleged Boniface Mwangi.
Mwangi went on to attach a video of the suspect who was seen entering a courtroom accompanied by an unidentified man to answer charges pressed against him.
“I told him l will be the last person he will ever con. He fears me so much that he comes to court with a bouncer,” added Boniface.
According to the activist, the suspect is a serial fraudster who has also faced earlier several charges.
Mwangi revealed that the suspect was charged back in 2016 for obtaining money using false pretenses.
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Back in January 2022, the activist had taken to his social media account to narrate how the suspect conned him.
He lamented that the swindling happened after the suspect allegedly masqueraded as a borehole drilling services provider through a company he owned.
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According to Boniface, he was first lured into paying a deposit of Ksh1 million meant for drilling a borehole.
However, upon receiving the deposit, the deal turned out to be null and void, with the suspect disappearing thereafter.
“Paid him a deposit of Kes 1 million to drill a borehole and he disappeared. Now I’m in a WhatsApp group with all his previous victims who never said a word before because they were embarrassed, they lost money. I’m the last person he will ever con,” Mwangi said back then.
Fraud
Boniface Mwangi also revealed that the suspected serial fraudster has also been charged in the past for defrauding a Kajiado politician of KSh1.1 million shillings.
The alleged serial conman who has been flagged for has tricking several people with the offer of drilling boreholes, was charged with defrauding Ksh1.1 million from politician Sankok Teeka back in April 2023.
Appearing before Milimani Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina, he denied one count of cheating contrary to section 35 of the penal code levelled against him by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution.
Meanwhile, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on January 31, 2024, arrested a fraud suspect who allegedly exhorted Ksh1.5 million from a CEO job applicant.
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In a statement, the Commission revealed that the suspect requested and received the sum as a bribe from the complainant.
“The suspect requested and received Kes.1.5 million as a bribe from the complainant claiming that he had been sent by a Principal Secretary, as an inducement to assist the complainant secure the position of Chief Executive Officer of South Nyanza Sugar Company, advertised on 5th December 2023,” read part of the statement.
EACC further noted that the suspect was arrested within the Central Business District (CBD) in Nairobi after the complainant filed the case.