Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives have arrested one woman in connection with a Ksh13 million scam.
DCI, in a statement shared via social media on Friday, June 20, 2025, said that 38-year-old Harriet Mary Wabwire, who is a person of interest in a case where a Chinese national was scammed USD101,000 (Ksh13,049,200), had been apprehended by detectives based at Kamukunji Police Station.
“38-year-old Harriet Mary Wabwire has been apprehended by Kamukunji detectives for her role in a bold scam that deceived a Chinese national out of USD 101,000,” DCI stated.
The anti-crime agency went ahead to state that the person of interest had posed as a director of a company and told her victim that she was in a position to supply aluminium alloys.
Forged bill of lading
The victim is said to have been provided with a forged bill of lading and a counterfeit Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) certificate of conformity.
DCI says that the documents provided by Wabwire falsely asserted that a consignment of 23,890 kilograms of aluminium alloys had been securely packed in a 40-foot container, ready for shipment from the port of Mombasa to Ningbo, China, making the victim fall for it.
“Wabwire cleverly posed as the Director of OTD Group Limited; she claimed that she was in a position to supply aluminium alloys. In her elaborate scheme, she provided the victim with a forged bill of lading and a counterfeit Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) certificate of conformity. These documents falsely asserted that a consignment of 23,890 kilograms of aluminium alloys had been securely packed in a 40-foot container, ready for shipment from the port of Mombasa to Ningbo, China,” the statement read.
Phone switched off
After the said millions were wired into her account, Wabwire is said to have switched off her phone and gone silent on her victim.
However, the DCI detectives are said to have trailed her to her hideout in Tassia, Embakasi East Subcounty in Nairobi.
“After the unsuspecting complainant transferred a hefty USD 101,000 into Wabwire’s bank account, she promptly switched off her phone and vanished without a trace. Thanks to diligent investigations and forensic leads, detectives successfully trailed her down to a hideout in Tassia, where she was arrested. Wabwire is now in custody, undergoing processing as she awaits her arraignment,” DCI stated.
