Kamukunji detectives last week arrested 38-year-old Harriet Mary Wabwire for orchestrating a high-stakes scam that defrauded a Chinese investor of USD 101,000.
Wabwire posed as the director of a fictitious company, OTD Group Limited, claiming she could supply a large consignment of aluminium alloys. To build credibility, she furnished the victim with fake shipping documents, including a forged bill of lading and a counterfeit Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) certificate of conformity.
The documents indicated that 23,890 kilograms of aluminium alloys were packed in a 40-foot container for shipment from Mombasa to Ningbo, China.
After the investor wired USD 101,000 to her bank account, Wabwire switched off her phone and disappeared, triggering a manhunt.
Investigators relied on forensic intelligence to trace her to a hideout in Tassia, where they arrested her. She is now in police custody and is being processed ahead of her arraignment.
Police have warned the public to remain vigilant against similar scams involving fraudulent business deals and forged documentation.
