Tuesday, April 15, 2025 - Two suspects have been charged at Kahawa Law Courts after they were found running fictitious social media accounts purporting to be the official accounts of high-ranking government officials, with intent to defraud Kenyans.
Varsity student Tony Blair Okello and his accomplice Tyson
Odhiambo Otieno were arrested at Tuuti and Namachanja areas of Bungoma County
respectively.
By opening fictitious accounts through which unsuspecting
victims were defrauded, investigators found the two in contravention of Section
28 of the Computer Misuse Act (offense of cyber squatting), and Section 393 of
the penal code (conspiracy to commit a felony).
The investigation established that Tyson, a tech savvy, has
been opening such numerous accounts, which he then sells to other persons after
training them on how to run the scamming venture.
In the case presented in court, Tony Blair is one such
student of Tyson, who has been impersonating the PS Interior, Dr. Raymond
Omollo.
The two have been released on a Sh 35,000 cash bail with the case coming up for mention on April 28th.
Courtesy: DCI
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