February 9, 2025
DCI Detectives Arrest Frauds In Ngara For Altering And Selling Title Deeds

DCI Detectives Arrest Frauds In Ngara For Altering And Selling Title Deeds

In an operation in Ngara, Nairobi, detectives arrested six suspects they claimed were involved in a series of land document alterations and frauds.

The operation was staged by a team from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations led by the officer in charge of the land fraud investigations unit, Wilheim Kimutai, in response to reports that the group was creating fake documents.

According to the team, the suspects are part of a land cartel that defrauds Kenyans of genuine parcels by using fake documents to change ownership in both physical files and digital platforms.

Those arrested during the operation were held in custody pending prosecution.

The operation resulted in the discovery of a cache of documents that they allegedly created. According to Kimutai, the six were caught printing fraudulent land documents.

“They receive instructions from different clients among them brokers and officials who direct them to print fake documents and append signatures and stamps of ministry officials without their knowledge,” Kimutai stated.

Four mobile phones, two typewriters, four printers, scanners, 11 incomplete title certificates, and fifteen deed plans were among the confiscated items.

Two survey plans, a CPU, approximately 1000 unprinted title deed papers, 17 letters of allotment, various computation files, one logbook, one smart driver’s license, and approximately 100 different date codes were also seized during the operation.

According to Kimutai, a search was also conducted at one of the suspects’ homes, with several items confiscated.

They included four stamps issued by Ministry of Lands officials, registry index maps for Nairobi block 118 lands, 11 allotment letters, several land administration leases, and nine deed plans.

The most targeted parcels are prime undeveloped parcels, those owned by foreigners, the elderly, and the deceased.

Once the brokers have the targeted parcels in hand, they hire the suspects to prepare and print fake land documents.

The brokers then hire some rogue ministry staff to insert the fake documents into the physical files, after which they upload the fake documents to the Ardhi Sasa platform.

While this process is ongoing, the brokers identify a buyer, and once the fake documents are uploaded to the Ardhi Sasa platform, the buyer can conduct a search, at which point ownership will change.

When the parcel is not for immediate sale, the brokers transfer it to themselves through proxy individuals or proxy companies.

During the arrest, one of the suspects swallowed a memory card to hide evidence.

Another suspect fled the scene while delivering the title for printing, leaving his documents and phone behind.

Officers from the Scene of Crime Unit investigated all of the scenes, and the suspects were later processed at DCI headquarters.

The six suspects are being held at three different police stations, including Gigiri, Parklands, and Muthaiga, awaiting their court appearance on Monday, according to police.

DCI Detectives Arrest Frauds In Ngara For Altering And Selling Title Deeds

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