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Inspectors from the central police station apprehended three suspects in connection with the SIM card swap that shook the country.
The suspects, including Joseph Kuria Kariuki, Grace Wanjira and Meshack Okoth Okuta, were arrested on Tuesday. in connection with the fraud of a Kiambu SH1.9 Million MCA.
Police said that one of the suspects they described as key, was a director of customer care with Safaricom, but has since been fired. A second suspect is an employee of the bank where Ikinu MCA Stanley Kiarie Wanjiku had put his money in the bank.
The suspects allegedly exchanged the MCA SIM card and accessed his bank accounts while he was abroad.
The MCA reported to the central police station that Sh1,873 million were withdrawn from his two bank accounts, one of which is a joint account on July 3 and July 4, 2018, while on official duty in Israel.
Another Sh40,000 was also withdrawn from M-Pesa's account after its line was replaced and its mobile money transfer account regenerated PIN.
By releasing footage from the trio, the detectives said they're suspicious, who are supposed to be part of the network behind the recent wave of SIM swapping.
Read also: How to prevent Scam artists from remotely swapping your SIM card
Last week on Friday, detectives arrested two suspects – employee Safaricom Maurice Musoti and Rian Obaga Nyagaka, a student in engineering from Jomo Kenyatta University (JKUAT)
They were found in possession of 2,160 unused Safaricom SIM cards, 44 used cards, five cashier numbers, three Safaricom MPESA booklets and an Internet booster router .
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