Police are holding a Nigerian national who attempted to defraud a Nairobi-based nut processing company of Sh35.9 million.
Endurance Obayan was arrested on Thursday at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) trying to flee the country after the Wednesday evening incident.
“He was stopped on his tracks as he desperately attempted to board a Nigeria-bound flight, to escape from our agents who were hot on his trail,” the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said.
The cybercrime suspect is said to have accessed Equatorial Nuts Processing Limited systems and attempted to swindle their Australian client.
“He sent a fake invoice to their client in Australia, demanding payment of Sh35.9 million. The email further instructed the client to channel the money to an account in China. This alarmed the client who immediately contacted Equatorial Nuts, in a bid to establish whether they had changed their bank details,” DCI noted.
The company’s security manager immediately alerted Cybercrime detectives, who launched a manhunt for Obayan.
On Thursday evening, the suspect sensed danger and hurriedly left his Ruaka apartment only to be cornered by immigration officials at the airport.
He was arraigned at Milimani law courts on Friday, where he was charged with the offenses of computer forgery contrary to section 25(1) of the computer misuse and attempted stealing contrary to section 268(1) as read with section 391 of the penal code.
And of course our robust and…
And of course our robust and magnanimous judiciary will grant him bail, and order him to deposit his passport with the court. He will then be released,and vanish into thin air, never to appear in any Court hearing. He will either sneak out of the country, or simply change his identity. This not difficult because he is not a Kenyan, so there are no fingerprint, or birth records, about him. And we never learn.
OOooohh Naija,dey try every…
OOooohh Naija,dey try every ting that na go bring naira in da pocket.
Oh brotha cybercrime be no crime is it de modan cleaver way ooh de be rich kwiq.
I double that he came straight from Nigeria.This type of criminals more from a perceived “soft,and corrupt” country to another to minimize detection.I think he got greedy and took abigger bite that his fufu ,and pounded yam mouth could accomodate…
” A PEOPLE WHO ELECT CORRUPT…
” A PEOPLE WHO ELECT CORRUPT POLITICIANS, IMPOSTORS, THIEVES, AND TRAITORS ARE NOT VICTIMS…BUT ACCOMPLICES.”
– GEORGE ORWELL
@Settled Nomad plus others…
@Settled Nomad plus others blaming the courts for bailing/bonding suspects should contact the YES voters.They okeyed the release of all types of suspects including murder,treason,rape etc suspects leave alone conmen.Most of them just jump bond.I can’t defend the corrupt magistrates and judges but remember you can never fight corruption from bottom or middle-FIGHT CORRUPTION FROM TOP-YOUR PRESIDENT,Uhuru who leads other elite thugs in EATING/LOOTING shs730 per year on top of shs 217b.COVID & shs 200b EUROBOND.Remember even Adultery is corruption.
Nigerians carry many…
Nigerians carry many passports. Once deported they get new names new passports and jet in. Its a deport jet back in cycle.
You know #2 to Nigerians?…
You know #2 to Nigerians?
KENYANS.
Difficult to trust those.
Kenyans are very EVIL to their own people.
@least Nigerians fraud far away.
‘Kenyans’ are very evil you…
‘Kenyans’ are very evil you say? Go suck dick