Monday, November 8, 2021 –A 22 year old Kalenjin man has been arrested by detectives from the office of the Directorate of Criminal Investigation after he was linked to the disappearance of sh 45 million from banks accounts of unsuspecting Kenyans.
Identified by police as Nelson Kipkemoi, he was on Sunday November 7 found hiding in Mulot Narok County following leads that he was behind an underground web of fraudsters who have been siphoning millions from various bank accounts.
Detectives established that the fraudsters don’t withdraw a lot of cash, they only target to siphon upto sh 2 from each account so that they are not easily discovered.
The suspect targeted bank accounts in a major banking facility in the country and managed to access a total of 481 accounts belonging to various customers all who have mobile banking platforms.
“We have arrested the mastermind behind disappearance of over sh 45 Million, from bank accounts belonging to unsuspecting Kenyans. Nelson Kipkemoi, 22, was picked by banking fraud detectives from his hideout in Mulot, Narok County this afternoon,” DCI updated members of the public.
He will be arraigned in Milimani Law Courts to answer to related crimes in accordance to the laws of the land.