Twenty-seven Kenyans were among 651 arrests made in a major INTERPOL-led cybercrime crackdown targeting large-scale online fraud across 16 African countries.

• These operations, from December 8, 2025, to January 30, 2026, focused on online investment scams, mobile money fraud, and fake digital loan platforms, leading to estimated financial losses exceeding KSh 5.8 billion affecting over 1,200 victims.
• The crackdown resulted in the recovery of over KSh 580 million, seizure of more than 2,300 electronic devices, and shutdown of over 1,400 malicious servers.
• Victims were lured via social media and messaging apps with promises of extraordinarily high returns for deposits as small as KSh 6,400, with fraudsters using convincing fake dashboards to maintain the illusion of legitimacy.