A city businessman is on the spot for allegedly using tricks to con over 15 Kenyans for millions of shillings on the ground that he was in a position to help them attend a high-level conference in the United States.
” This is to officially invite the following individuals and team to attend my company’s 2024 Elevating The Employee Experience to be held at the Hilton Denver City Centre, 1701 California St.Denver,” read his letter to the victims as it reads in parts.
Businessman James Kireru
Kireru is the owner of Human Capital Institute, a company that is at the center of fraud-related cases.
” I gave him more than Sh200,000 for the workshop he promised to deliver, each one of us was told to pay Sh50,000. He has conned us with a lot of money running to millions, we never knew that this was a fraud, ” said one of the complainants.
She said that Kireru, after receiving the said amount, does not pick up their calls or reply to their messages, and has become rude and elusive.
Businessman James Kireru
” He is a conman, last week he ran away immediately after he saw us, We want the government to intervene and get him arrested, we shall be making a formal report to the DCI next week,” she added.
Our investigations have indicated that Mr. Koreru survives on these tricks to make ends meet. He had also written some emails to the complainants purporting to be from the US Department of Visa Approval.
” Everything was paid for, he requested that we pay him some cash that was to hasten visa applications, which we did, We don’t know whether those emails were from the various US departments of fraud; we want serious investigations into the matter,” another victim added.
