Police speak on Citizen TV's Kamiti call centre exposé
By Judy Jerono
Police Spokesperson Bruno Shioso has come out to speak about the recent expose dubbed ‘Kamiti call centre’ by Citizen TV which shows a mobile phone scam operating within the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
Shioso said that the fraud has been operating for some time now and that the authorities had been trying their best to stop it for years.
He moreover stated that the investigations done show that most cons on police recruitments originated from Kamiti Call Centre.
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Interior CS Fred Matiang'i in the company of top security officials at the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison on Thursday, November 18, 2021. |Courtesy| Twitter|[/caption]
"It is not the first time. The problem at Kamiti has been there for the longest time and we have always been trying to dismantle that network with the help of the prison authorities. We shall also look into it and we have received a lot of scams during the recruitment of police recently.
"We are already doing investigations against the police recruitment where most of the calls were coming from Kamiti. The investigations started after recruitment. We traced the signals which shows that they were coming from Kamiti," said Shioso.
It is exposed that the cartels are collaborating together with prison officials as well as outside authorities, conning innocent Kenyans millions of shillings by offering fake jobs or ingenuous investment ideas.
Shioso gave a stern warning to individuals who will be found guilty adding that, the law would take its course and that the individuals would be arraigned in court.
"We can't say what would happen to them. What we know is that if they are involved and there is evidence, we take them to court, and then the due process happens now based on the evidence collected” he said adding that the police have launched the investigations on the same.
The investigation story showed that the phone used by the conmen has a magic sound that can transform the speaker's voice to imitate that of a man, woman or child and some of the convicts are good at faking accents conning Kenyans to send money to secure a job, lured in by a potential love interest, or lied to that they have won a lottery and must send some cash to facilitate the transactions.
According to one of the cartel members, who was interviewed and his identity hidden, confirmed that the scammers often draft a message that is then sent randomly to thousands of Kenyans at once with the hope that a few will fall for the trick.
Interior CS Fred Matiang'i in the company of top security officials at the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison on Thursday, November 18, 2021. |Courtesy| Twitter|[/caption]
"It is not the first time. The problem at Kamiti has been there for the longest time and we have always been trying to dismantle that network with the help of the prison authorities. We shall also look into it and we have received a lot of scams during the recruitment of police recently.
"We are already doing investigations against the police recruitment where most of the calls were coming from Kamiti. The investigations started after recruitment. We traced the signals which shows that they were coming from Kamiti," said Shioso.
It is exposed that the cartels are collaborating together with prison officials as well as outside authorities, conning innocent Kenyans millions of shillings by offering fake jobs or ingenuous investment ideas.
Shioso gave a stern warning to individuals who will be found guilty adding that, the law would take its course and that the individuals would be arraigned in court.
"We can't say what would happen to them. What we know is that if they are involved and there is evidence, we take them to court, and then the due process happens now based on the evidence collected” he said adding that the police have launched the investigations on the same.
The investigation story showed that the phone used by the conmen has a magic sound that can transform the speaker's voice to imitate that of a man, woman or child and some of the convicts are good at faking accents conning Kenyans to send money to secure a job, lured in by a potential love interest, or lied to that they have won a lottery and must send some cash to facilitate the transactions.
According to one of the cartel members, who was interviewed and his identity hidden, confirmed that the scammers often draft a message that is then sent randomly to thousands of Kenyans at once with the hope that a few will fall for the trick. What's Your Reaction?
