Woman arrested in Kitale for forging, selling fake police clearance certificates
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The suspect, Noline Awuor Odika. PHOTO/COURTESY: X/@DCI_Kenya
Detectives
from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Wednesday arrested a
30-year-old woman in Kitale, Trans Nzoia County for forging and selling bogus police clearance certificates.
Noline
Awuor Odika, the DCI says, managed to maintain her ruse for an extended period
of time by posing as a Crime Records Officer, swindling unsuspecting Kenyans in the process.
She
is reported to have had an accomplice in the form of her husband, Keith Wanyama
Yamame, an ex-GSU officer.
"Jointly
with her Ex-GSU hubby, the lovers in crime used about 11
subscriber SIM cards to communicate and receive money from their targets, whom
they issued with fake certificates at a Ksh.3,000 fee," the DCI said in a
statement on Thursday.
"Notably,
the certificates either bore forged signatures or those lifted from previous
office holders who are long retired."
When
detectives cornered the two suspects, Yamame reportedly fled leaving his wife
behind.
"Yamame
sprinted into thin air braving the evening shivers, leaving behind a wife and a
Subaru car that police detained," said the DCI.
A
manhunt for Yamame is currently underway while Odika remains in police custody
pending arraignment.
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