A middle aged woman was today arraigned in Court for swindling money from 45 job seekers pretending she would facilitate their travel and work abroad.
Christine Ndiloko Nyamai is accused that between February and July 2024 obtained Ksh 1.6 million from Beatrice Nkoli Karanja by falsely pretending that she would facilitate 45 people to travel and work abroad.
The complainant was employed by the accused at her Agency known as Fydel based at Lotus House as a marketing influencer.
The Agency does business of looking for Kenyans job abroad.
The court was told that during the complainant’s stay at the Agency she managed to recruit 45 people who were to be taken abroad as cleaners, drivers and house helps.
All the 45 people were supposed to pay a facilitation fee of Ksh 100,000 each for drivers and security applicants and Ksh 80,000 for cleaners.
After the payment of facilitation fee, the 45 applicants submitted their passports to the agency, however, the accused did not offer them jobs.
She instead became elusive and abusive making the complainant to seek police assistance at Central Police station in Nairobi.
However, the complainant alleges that officers from Central proved to be of no help to his predicaments he the officers allegedly could share gathered intelligence with the suspect making the complainant fell insecure.
According to the Complainant, the accused is running a well Cheo graphed Agency that is hoodwinking and swindling unsuspecting Kenyans millions of money with promise of fake jobs abroad.
The suspect denied the charges before Magistrate Martha Nazushi and was released on Ksh 500,000 bond.
The case will proceed on September 6, for pretrial.
