Puzzle Unravels on How Fake Lawyer Conned 100 Clients Millions for 8 Years.
Puzzle Unravels on How Fake Lawyer Conned 100 Clients Millions for 8 Years: The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Nakuru on Friday, February 9, arrested a fake lawyer for allegedly conning his clients millions of shillings.
Nakuru Police Commander Mohammed Wako, while confirming the incident, stated that the DCI officers arrested the officer after the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) exposed him during the ongoing crackdown over quack practitioners.
The fake lawyer is being investigated for allegedly conning over 100 people millions of shillings, claiming he can process land title deeds for them.
An LSK Official stated,” We have further managed to see a charge, which indicates that this particular man has been charged before in a court of law for obtaining money in false pretence to claim he can process a title deed and run a transaction of land.”
While collecting evidence documents from the suspect’s office, the officials discovered title deeds, some with the original Land’s Registry seal, dating back to 2016.
The statement read, “We have seen title deeds that are supposedly held in the favour of the client and more than 100 title deeds, some with fake seals.”
The lawyer is among 30 fake lawyers from all over the country have been arrested within months since LSK started off its crackdown.
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