Two women have been charged with defrauding 28 jobseekers over Sh15.6 million while pretending to be in a position to secure them employment in Canada.

The suspects, Lucy Nyokabi Kiutho and Staphristah Njeri Karani, are accused of defrauding the job seekers various amounts ranging between Sh71,000 to Sh2,000,000 between May 2022 and June 2022

One of the counts state that within Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD), jointly with others not before court, they defrauded Lawrence Karithi Banu and obtained Sh2million through pretext that they were in a position to secure jobs for Richard Ayoma and June Eileen, a fact they knew to be false.

Another count is that they allegedly conned Eveline Kanana Gikundi Sh800,000 by falsely pretending they would secure her a job in Canada.

Nyokabi was separately charged with obtaining Sh12million from 26 relatives of jobseekers alleging she would secure jobs in Canada, a fact she knew to be false.

The magistrate heard the job scam syndicate is operating within the Nairobi’s CBD.