Couple Arrested in Ksh20M Job Recruitment Scam
The arrest followed Mutua's public plea to the suspects to present themselves to the authorities during a press conference on Tuesday, January 20...
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Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) arrested a couple on Wednesday, January 21, for defrauding Kenyans aspiring to work abroad. The pair is linked to a KSh 20 million job recruitment scam, preying on unsuspecting individuals.
- The Labour Cabinet Secretary, Alfred Mutua, confirmed the arrests and commended the DCI for apprehending the couple, who had ignored repeated summonses.
- Mutua revealed that over 116 agent companies are under investigation for job fraud, following numerous complaints.
- The Ministry of Labour has constituted a task force that has completed over 15 cases of job recruitment fraud and forwarded them to relevant authorities.
- Over the past four years, 538,000 Kenyans have traveled abroad through the overseas job program, with the ministry expecting the number to reach one million within the next 12 months.
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