The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) apprehended four suspects implicated in a larger GHash mining scam yesterday within Kahawa, following a joint operation by various units drawn from DCI Headquarters.
The four; Otieno Dismas Ongoro, Robin Mwika, Wycliff Otieno Olal and Michael Otieno Kaumba were booked at Muthaiga and Pangani Police Stations after their arrest.
Upon being searched, they were found 1336 sim cards, (Safaricom 1235, Airtel 80 and Telkom 21), a tablet, a laptop and eight mobile phones. The unit has reported that more suspects are being sought as the four pend arraignment on Monday.
On February 7th 2024, Director of Criminal Investigations Mohamed Amin issued a red alert over an influx of online cryptocurrency scamming schemes that have seen some Kenyans lose their hard-earned cash to fraudsters.
He noticed a surge in reports where scores are being lured to join online cryptocurrency investment platforms and end up losing their investments.
“We are currently investigating several such cases where investors who fell for the scam are crying foul,” he said.
“With promises of high margins of profit as returns on investment, unsuspecting victims venture into the schemes and before they realise it, they have lost huge sums of money to scammers,” he explained.
The DCI boss advised Kenyans wishing to invest in cryptocurrency to conduct due diligence before venturing into the business.