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MOMBASA WOMAN ARRESTED IN ROMANCE SCAM AFTER ROBBING BRITISH BOYFRIEND 800K

Detectives based in Nyali have arrested a woman and her male accomplice for allegedly orchestrating a

robbery

that targeted her

British boyfriend,

resulting in a loss of

Sh800,000

.

The prime suspect, identified as

Samira Mumbi Kiarie

alias

Samira

, is alleged to have

wooed

the

foreign national

for several

months

through an

online dating platform

, cultivating a relationship under

false pretenses

. After gaining his confidence, she lured him to a

high-end apartment

in

Nyali

for a meeting.

According to the police report, the situation turned violent shortly after the

Briton’s arrival

.

Two men

stormed into the

apartment

; one posing as

Samira’s enraged husband

and the other brandishing a

fake police identification badge

. The ‘

husband

’ accused the victim of

wrecking

his

marriage

, while the

impersonator cop

threatened him with

arrest

.

Fearing for his life, the

victim

was coerced into transferring

Sh800,000

to

mobile phone numbers

provided by the

assailants

. Once the transaction was confirmed, the trio escorted the victim from the premises and

fled

the

scene.

Acting on forensic intelligence the pursuit led to the arrest of

Samira Mumbi

and her accomplice,

Paul Webster Mangeni

alias

Paulo

. Preliminary investigations have revealed that the

two are part

of a

criminal syndicate

that specifically targets

foreigners

through

dating sites

. “

Both suspects are in police custody undergoing processing pending arraignment as the hunt intensifies for their partner-in-crime who is still at large

,” stated the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Nyali.