Nakuru: Fake Catholic nuns steal electronic goods worth over KSh 1 million
- In September, two women approached Molo-based businessman and bought electronic goods
- They went back the following day to buy more goods worth over KSh 1 million
- The shop owner agreed to take the cheques as the customers went with the items
- However, when he tried to cash the cheques he was told they were fake
When Joseph Wainana from Molo, Nakuru county, was approached by two Catholic nuns who bought electronic goods worth KSh 1,198,000, he thought he had made a killing.
Little did he know he had fallen victim to part of a larger theft syndicate that had seen several other business owners lose their hard earned money to con artists who pose as religious leaders.
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In a report by NTV, the two women who claimed to be nuns from St Joseph’s Seminary in Molo, had approached the businessman the day before and bought some goods which they paid in cash.
They came back again for second purchase but this time round they were going to pay in cheque.
"They told me their priest was impressed with the products that they bought and they wanted more because they carrying out a project to install the TVs in one of their halls. But they said they will pay using a cheque," said Wainaina.
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With the earlier confidence built and a mouth-watering deal at hand, Wainana agreed to their terms.
The women wrote a cheque dated September 16 worth KSh 807,000 and another one dated September 14 worth KSh 391,000.
They paid 17 HD Samsung and Sony TV sets whose prices ranged from KSh20,000 to KSh50,000 each.
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They picked their purchases and proceeded to their waiting car a Toyota Voxy which was driven off by a male suspect.
Armed with the cheque, the businessman walked into the bank a millionaire but came out a poor man.
Upon arrival at the bank he was told the cheques were fake.
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Since then, his efforts to trace the suspects have not bore fruits and his business is almost crumbling.
A CCTV footage from the shop showed the two were well acquainted with Catholicism and even had their rosaries on the neck. However, at the said seminary they were not recognised and nobody knew about them.
Wainaina is now appealing to the Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti to intervene in the matter and bring the culprits to book.
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