DCI launches manhunt for Mulot SIM swap syndicate who wiped out MPs Bank Account
DCI launches manhunt for Mulot SIM swap syndicate who wiped out MPs Bank Account with Ksh 900K balance
DCI launches manhunt for Mulot SIM swap syndicate who wiped out MPs Bank Account with Ksh 900K balance.
Police are hunting down a man suspected to be involved in mobile money transfer fraud in Bomet and Narok counties.
The man is thought to be a key figure in the infamous Mulot Sim swap organization that operates along the border between the two counties.
He is accused of stealing Sh941,000 between December 2 and December 3 from a member of parliament who had left the country.
According to DCI’s preliminary report, the main suspect on the police wanted list, orchestrated the online heist by hijacking the victim’s phone number before gaining access to his details.
Together with other Mulot syndicate members, they used the mobile number to gain access to sensitive personal data and bank accounts.
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In a post on social media, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Department (DCI) describes him (name withheld for a legal reason) “as a dangerous criminal who has previously served time in prison and has several cases and warrants of arrests handing around his neck.”
“This follows comprehensive investigations by the detectives based at the elite Crime Research and Intelligence Bureau, who unraveled the identity of the de facto leader of the criminal enterprise, responsible for [the] SIM swap scam in which phone scammers hijack a victim’s cell phone number and use it to gain access to sensitive personal data and bank accounts through the mobile banking applications available on mobile phones,” the statement says.
Police have already detained an accomplice who operates a Boda Boda after he boasted about his newly discovered plunder on social media and posted piles of cash.
According to the DCI, the suspects collude with employees of various banks to access details of accounts of targeted individuals, after which they call them pretending to be customer care agents, and request for PIN numbers and their last transactions.
The suspects are alleged to have registered several SIM cards using other people’s details and using them to deposit and withdraw the stolen money.
After receiving the details from unsuspecting bank customers, they initiate a SIM swap and transfer all the money from the account.
The DCI says “local financial institutions are the most targeted due to their inferior network segmentation systems that expose their clients’ sensitive data to the fraudsters.”
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