Three Cameroonian Nationals are expected in court over latest case of obtaining money falsely from an Australian investor based in the country.
Timson Tiekam Babila alias Jeremy was arrested at a hotel in the Kilimani area for being a ‘wash wash’ specialist was arrested together with two other accomplices, Ernest Abeng Ahuo and Ayong Ronald Aku.
They are part of a gang that entice clients by duping them that they will make quick cash after cleaning their fake dollars and turning the dollars into real money.
In order to make this happen, the suspect first asks his victims for genuine money for the purchase of chemicals and other materials used to clean the fake notes, usually locked steel boxes.
An Australian investor with business interests in Kenya and Dubai had advanced Sh800,000, to the scoundrels, before he discovered that he had been conned.
The suspects live in Ruaka, Kiambu county, which has become synonymous with ‘Wash Wash’ suspects, who live fake lives stealing from hardworking businessmen.
The DCI is urging any other person who might have fallen victim to the fraudster’s tricks, to report to the officer in charge of the Economic and Commercial Crimes Unit at the DCI Headquarters.
