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Two suspects were arrested in connection with SIM card swap fraud that cost millions of shillings to Kenyan mobile users.
Both, a Safaricom employee and a student of Jomo Kenyatta University. JKUAT) were arrested by officers of the Criminal Investigations Directorate (DCI).
Maurice Musoti, a leader of Safaricom and Rian Obaga Nyagaka; a fourth-year Bachelor of Science student in electronics engineering at JKUAT was arrested in Nairobi on Friday.
An Apple laptop, 2,160 unused Safaricom SIM cards, 44 Safaricom SIM cards, 5 Till agent numbers, three Mpesa Safaricom books, an Internet booster router and 2 mobile phones; a blackberry and Samsung J7 were recovered during the arrest.
The arrests follow an uproar from Kenyans over fraudulent SIM card swap incidents in recent days.
In a statement the Safaricom Risk Management Director, Nicholas Mulila warned users "Safaricom has noted growing public concerns about social engineering and theft of information about customers leading to fraudulent SIM card exchanges ", says Safaricom's website. statement in part.
"We want to inform customers to report any suspected interference with their SIM card or personal data theft by calling 100 or 200, or by SMS to 333 for help." As a precaution against social engineering, enabled by the sharing of personal data, we would also like to remind our customers to save information such as the SIM card, "added Mr. Mulila
., and the PINs of M-PESA, birth dates and national identity numbers, "he said
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