JUST IN: Police Nab Duo for Running Fake Social Media Accounts to Defraud Kenyans 

  Police have charged two suspects at the Kahawa Law Courts for operating fake social media accounts impersonating top government officials in a scam targeting unsuspecting Kenyans. Investigators arrested Tony Blair Okello, a university student, and Tyson Odhiambo Otieno in Bungoma County, at Tuuti and Namachanja respectively. The duo allegedly ran a fraudulent scheme by creating fictitious accounts, including one impersonating Principal Secretary for Interior, Dr. Raymond Omollo. Authorities found the suspects in violation of Section 28 of the Computer Misuse Act, which prohibits cybersquatting, and Section 393 of the Penal Code for conspiracy to commit a felony. Detectives revealed that Tyson, described as tech-savvy, had opened numerous fake accounts in
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