A 29-year-old man posing as an online businessman yet he steals from his potential clients on social media has been arrested.
Detectives linked to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested Ochokol Victor Maina, aka ‘Badman Anchor' on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the sleuths, Ochokol allegedly defrauded unsuspecting members of the public by posing as a dealer in high-end mobile phones on Instagram.
He posed as a genuine trader dealing in iPhones and other Apple products by operating several Instagram pages, including Bakcell Apple Store and Netsol Apple Store.
The DCI statement read in part, “The suspect has been posing as a genuine trader dealing in costly mobile phone gadgets like iPhones and other Apple products. He was arrested by our officers on charges of obtaining money by pretence contrary to section 313 of the penal code.”
Prior to his arrest, members of the public who had lost hundreds of thousands of shillings launched several complaints.
The suspect will be arraigned in court on to face charges of obtaining money by pretences contrary to Section 313 of the Penal Code.
The DCI said, “Members of the public are advised not to purchase products from unverified traders who have flooded the online market, taking advantage of them.”
The DCI reiterated the advice they gave the public by emphasizing that people should be highly cautious when purchasing second-hand items, especially electronics, adding that people should not purchase the said gadgets from an individual or a dealer with no fixed physical address and other requisite authorization documents.
According to the DCI, some second-hand items might be robbery or any other criminal activity such as murder. Therefore, the buyer can be arrested for crimes he or she has no idea of.
The DCI stated, “Most are those who buy stolen items from armed gangsters who have violently robbed innocent citizens and in the process killed them."
When detectives forensically investigate and find you in possession of such said devices, by the time it is established that you were not involved in the crime, you may have suffered immensely,” the statement read further.
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