serial fraudster has been apprehended for allegedly defrauding Kenyans and foreigners out of tens of millions of shillings while posing as a senior procurement officer in various government ministries.
The suspect, identified as David Ambuku alias General, is accused of fabricating fake tender documents and local purchase orders in order to persuade bidders and potential suppliers that they will be awarded lucrative contracts.
Ambuku was apprehended on Tuesday morning, according to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), after attempting to flee by plunging into a water tank at his home in Kimathi estate along Jogoo road.
Detectives were following leads to a fraud case in which two salespeople were allegedly duped out of Ksh.47 million by Ambuku, which led them to his home.
“Ambuku, who conspired to defraud two merchants Ksh.47.3 million using forged tender documents for ministries of Interior and Labour, almost drowned after plunging into the water tank at the sight of financial investigations detectives who raided his house,” read the DCI statement.
Ambuku is said to be the director of Kekoma ventures, which works with government ministries and where he performs his well-honed craft of luring ambitious entrepreneurs into signing fake contracts with him before fleeing into anonymity.
The suspect has over ten pending cases in various courts.