Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a suspected serial fraudster who has been on police radar for involvement in multiple frauds against business enterprises.

According to the DCI, Elias Kemboi Korir of Woman and Youth Against Aids and Poverty (WAYAAP) NGO, was apprehended at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) while attempting to flee the country.

“Being a key official in the NGO that poses as a charity organization out to support the vulnerable in the society, Kemboi has been using his office to reach out to persons and entities with enticing tender offers, only to disappear with the deliveries once the supplies are received,” said the DCI in a statement.

Kemboi and an accomplice identified as Halima Samson Mwongela, also an official at WAYAAP, are said to have conspired to defraud three suppliers of goods worth over Ksh.32.4 million. The two had allegedly claimed that the said goods were being procured for distribution as aid to vulnerable persons

“After the delivery was made, the officials of the NGO instead offered them for sale in the local market, thereafter becoming elusive. Attempts by the companies to recover their goods or monies were met with intimidating statements, frustrations that informed the decision to report at DCI Headquarters,” said the DCI.

“The case was taken up by the Operation Support Unit who launched a manhunt for the NGO park that had since holed up completely. Getting wind that the sleuths were hot on his trail, the ring leader who is not new to police cells plotted an escape plan.”

The suspect is set to be arraigned on Wednesday.