HOW TALA BOSS LOST KSH9 MILLION TO A WITCH DOCTOR

Police in Nairobi are holding a Ghanaian national for allegedly defrauding a Kenyan woman of Sh9 million.

The victim is a senior manager at Tala Agencies, a leading mobile money lending company that advances instant short-term loans to applicants.

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) says the woman met the Ghanaian national named Victor Anane on an online dating site.

The suspect introduced himself as a preacher who performs miracles and promised to help the woman get promoted at her workplace instantly.

The foreigner further promised to help the senior manager turn her fortunes around if she fell in love with him

“Wowed by the man’s overtures, the lady was swept off her feet and fell for him,” DCI says.

The two dated for a while and as their love blossomed, the man invited her to his house at Transview estate in Athi River.

“By this time, she had already given her new boyfriend Sh9 million in unclear circumstances. Some of the money she is believed to have given him had been obtained from accounts belonging to Tala Agencies,” DCI added.

During her first visit to the self-confessed preacher’s residence, she was shocked to find paraphernalia associated with witchcraft and magical rituals.

“What was meant to be a romantic date turned ugly, as the woman demanded to know how the man of the cloth she had fallen in love with possessed paraphernalia associated with dark powers,” DCI adds.

This led to the collapse of their relationship and the victim discovered she had been conned.

DCI detectives raided the suspect’s house and recovered paraphernalia related to witchcraft, Sh76,000 in fake currency, and other materials used in the printing of fake notes.

Investigations revealed that the suspect masquerades as a preacher and approaches innocent women looking for love and affection online, with promises of making their lives better before conning them.

The suspect is being held in custody pending arraignment to face charges of obtaining money by false pretenses.

Story courtesy Mwakilishi