The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has issued a warning about a new crime trend in Murang’a and Kiambu, in which victims have been duped into purchasing stolen vehicles.
Thieves posing as legal clients hire automobiles just to fabricate papers and sell them, according to a police investigation released on Thursday.
“Forging details in the vehicles’ original documents (which detectives suspect are shared by rogue car hire agents) the cons go-ahead to fake the identity of genuine car owners, making it difficult for their to-be customers to detect any discrepancies, ” A police report seen stated.
Care hire agencies who notice their vehicles have beyond their return date, according to the cops, inform the authorities, only for the automobiles to be recovered from the hands of innocent victims.
“Numerous such scenarios have in the past few days hit the DCI’s social media platforms (especially from Murang’a and Kiambu counties), with victims narrating their ordeals in the hands of criminals whose sheer greed for quick money has no mercy for the victims’ toil and sweat.“
“Whereas the DCI is working tirelessly to shatter this trend and bring to justice players in the sham deals, members of the public are urged to beware of the con trick.“
According to the DCI, several such cases have been reported to their customer care desk and on social media in recent days.
