Man Arrested for Attempting to Defraud Merchants Kshs.47.3M

A serial fraudster who has obtained tens of millions of shillings from unsuspecting Kenyans and foreigners by posing as a senior procurement officer in various government ministries has been arrested by detectives.

David Ambuku, alias General, who manufactures fraudulent tender documents and local purchase orders before convincing bidders and potential suppliers that he will award them the lucrative contracts, was retrieved from a water tank, where he had nosedived to evade arrest.

Ambuku, who conspired to defraud two merchants, 47.3 million shillings using forged tender documents for ministries of Interior and Labor, almost drowned after plunging into the water tank at the sight of financial investigations detectives, who raided his house at Kimathi estate, along Jogoo road.

The con, a director of Kemoma Ventures and several other companies working with crooked officials in government ministries and state departments, secures access to their well-furnished offices and boardrooms where he conducts his business unperturbed. Donning well-trimmed suits, he cuts a fine figure of a senior procurement manager capable of awarding and influencing the issuance of tenders.

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Innocent merchants, mainly comprised of young ladies and foreigners looking for investment opportunities, are convinced that they have met the boss and part with colossal sums of money to influence the award of the contracts in their favor. They are then issued fake local purchase orders to supply the goods before Ambuku stages his disappearance.

Such happened to a Chinese citizen who lost 26 million shillings after being ushered to a meeting with the ‘procurement officer’ at a boardroom in the Ministry of Labor headquarters.

The serial fraudster with a knack for obtaining millions of shillings from unsuspecting investors without batting an eyelid has previously posed as a senior military official at defense headquarters and received over 26 million shillings from a would-be investor.

The scammer, who has over ten pending cases in different courts, has been engaging detectives in a hide and seek game before he was finally cornered. He will be arraigned at the Milimani Law courts to take a plea.

Article by John Kachibo