Two Kenyatta University students have been detained as part of a gang conducting a Bitcoin theft operation.
Francis Maina Wambui alias Nick, 26, and Zellic Alusa, 25, were detained at Milimani in Nakuru City, where they had been operating from, according to Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti.
According to Kinoti, the group has been hacking people’s credit cards and using them to buy bitcoins, which they then convert to Kenyan money.
They then use the money to live lavishly, entertain young women and buy properties.
“The gang operating from houses in the affluent Milimani neighborhood has been on our radar over the past few days and it was only a matter of time before our detectives smoked them out,” he said.
“In the sophisticated crime that is gaining currency in the country, the students create fake email accounts which they use to hack credit cards of innocent persons especially those living in foreign countries.”
The two were arrested in the company of two young ladies, detectives said.
Some of the things recovered during the raid that led to their arrest include; a land sale agreement entered on May 25, for a property valued at Sh850,000 in Juja.
Five computers, four phones, two Wi-Fi devices, three hard drives, and a variety of SIM cards were among the other goods discovered.
“Cyber forensic experts have since taken over investigations into the matter for a comprehensive analysis into the sophisticated crime,” Kinoti added.
