Eight fraudsters walked into Milimani Law Courts facing charges of stealing over half a billion shillings from Safaricom. The suspects stood before Senior Principal Magistrate Robinson Ondieki on a hot Wednesday morning. Their lawyer failed to show up for the important hearing. Prosecutors also came empty-handed without any witnesses ready to testify. The judge sent everyone home until July 17 when the case will start again.
Police caught Isaack Kipkemoi, Gideon Rono, Maxwell Ributhu, Gideon Kirui, Moses Rono, Collins Kipyegon, Edwin Cheruiyot and ringleader Peter Gitahi red-handed. Seven criminals lived together in a Nakuru apartment before officers stormed their hideout. Detectives tracked down Gitahi all the way to Kitale where he thought he was safe. The gang worked together between 2022 and 2023 stealing money through fake phone lines. Officers found thousands of Safaricom and Airtel SIM cards stashed in their rooms.
The crooks created fake identity cards to register mobile phone numbers for Fuliza loans. Gitahi allegedly hacked into government databases to make up false identities for selling to his partners. They borrowed small amounts first to look trustworthy before maxing out credit limits and disappearing. Police discovered that 123,000 phone numbers took loans in January 2022 and went silent forever. The thieves bought two Subaru cars, one Toyota Mark X, a Toyota Probox and two motorcycles with stolen cash.
Police caught Isaack Kipkemoi, Gideon Rono, Maxwell Ributhu, Gideon Kirui, Moses Rono, Collins Kipyegon, Edwin Cheruiyot and ringleader Peter Gitahi red-handed. Seven criminals lived together in a Nakuru apartment before officers stormed their hideout. Detectives tracked down Gitahi all the way to Kitale where he thought he was safe. The gang worked together between 2022 and 2023 stealing money through fake phone lines. Officers found thousands of Safaricom and Airtel SIM cards stashed in their rooms.
The crooks created fake identity cards to register mobile phone numbers for Fuliza loans. Gitahi allegedly hacked into government databases to make up false identities for selling to his partners. They borrowed small amounts first to look trustworthy before maxing out credit limits and disappearing. Police discovered that 123,000 phone numbers took loans in January 2022 and went silent forever. The thieves bought two Subaru cars, one Toyota Mark X, a Toyota Probox and two motorcycles with stolen cash.
