Police in Nairobi arrested a man accused of allegedly obtaining Sh7 million from a complainant after reportedly using the name of Treasury Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo to solicit money.
The suspect, identified as Mike Kipkorir Biwot, was arrested on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, after allegedly attempting to obtain an additional Sh5 million from the complainant.
The complainant, Mohamed Abdullahi Dima told police he received a phone call on September 30, 2026, from a person identified as Chris Kiptoo, who was described as a Principal Secretary at the National Treasury.
The caller allegedly requested Sh7 million and indicated that his personal assistant would collect the money.
This was to help him get a deal in the government.
Dima reportedly met Biwot at the Equity Bank manager’s office at the Parliament Road branch, where the suspect allegedly collected the equivalent of Sh7 million in US dollars over two days.
He told police about a week later, the suspect allegedly contacted the complainant again and demanded an additional Sh5 million.
The renewed request reportedly raised Dima’s suspicions, although he agreed to meet the suspect at the same location.
Upon the suspect’s arrival, the complainant, assisted by two police officers guarding the bank, apprehended him before contacting Parliament Police Station for assistance.
The suspect was subsequently arrested and escorted to the police station for further investigations.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the alleged fraud and the use of the Treasury official’s name to solicit money.
The police said they will talk to the PS to establish if he made the call or sent the said suspect. There was no immediate response from the PS over the dropping of his name in the scam.
Such incidents have been on the rise in urban areas with police struggling to contain them. Some of the fraudsters use the names of politicians and executives to defraud unsuspecting businessmen.
Elsewhere, police in Nairobi arrested a man accused of defrauding three job seekers from Nyamira County of a total of Sh586,500 in an alleged scheme involving fake National Social Security Fund (NSSF) employment letters.
The suspect, identified as Vincent Ongera Mambo, was arrested in the Kencom area following a police operation coordinated by the Central Police Station undercover team.
Police said the investigation began after a woman who is a resident of Nyamira, reported that she had sent the suspect Sh130,000 as a deposit towards an alleged office assistant job at NSSF.
The woman reportedly said the suspect claimed to have legitimate NSSF employment letters and demanded a total of Sh400,000 to secure the position.
The suspect allegedly sent her an image of an employment letter through WhatsApp, prompting her to make the initial payment.
However, when she travelled to Nairobi to complete the payment and collect the documents, the suspect allegedly demanded that she send the outstanding balance before they could meet.
The demand raised her suspicions, prompting her to report the matter to police.
Investigations subsequently identified two other alleged victims, who had reportedly sent Sh256,500 and Sh200,000, respectively, to the same suspect over similar job promises.
Police said the three complainants had collectively paid Sh586,500.
Following the complaints, officers from the Central Police Station undercover team reportedly set a trap that led to the suspect’s arrest in the Kencom area.
During the operation, officers recovered eight NSSF calling letters suspected to be fake, alongside an Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) clearance certificate, a Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) compliance certificate, a police clearance certificate, a Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) tax compliance certificate and a Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) certificate.
Police are investigating the alleged fraud as they seek to establish whether additional job seekers may have been targeted through the scheme.
