Kenyan MP Conned Sh76 Million in Fake Currency Scam

Eight Kenyans including a Member of Parliament are among persons who have lost millions of shillings to a scam group that has been claiming to have powers to multiply cash.

The yet to be named MP lost Sh76 million, a car and a parcel of land to the scammers, Citizen TV reports

Police said the conmen, who include three Chad citizens and a Kenyan, have been luring their victims to an apartment located in Nairobi’s Westlands estate ostensibly to have their cash 'doubled.'

The MP said he sold his vehicle and a piece of land in the Nairobi's posh Karen estate and took the cash to the fraudsters despite initially losing the Sh76 million. Another Kenyan said he lost Sh14 million.

Police said the scammers would ask their victims to come to the house with huge sums of cash for miracle sessions after which they gave the victims fake currency after surrendering their hard-earned cash. 

Many learnt they were being conned when it was too late. Police have urged any other victims of the scammers to report the matter.

The suspects; Abdoulaye Tamba Kouro, his son Abdala Tamba and a Kenyan, Anthony Mangangi Munyiva were arrested on Monday at the house with Sh1 billion in fake currency. The cash was in form of United States dollars and Euros. A fourth suspect managed to escape.

The suspects were arraigned in court on Tuesday even as it was established that the Chad nationals stayed in the country for several years without proper documentation.