Fake couple caught trying to steal appliances worth over Sh2m

From left alleged couple Damaris Njeri Kamau alias Purity and Jimmy Muthengi Nzila alias Makaveli together with their aides Veronica Wanjiru Mwangi alias Monica, Felix Ndisya Nzila and Gitau Mbiri in court where they were charged with swindling Hotpoint Appliances goods worth over Sh2 million.

A witness Thursday narrated to the court how a man and a woman walked into a Hotpoint shop and duped the sales team into releasing home appliances worth over Sh2 million.

Natalia Mwambua, who works at Hotpoint Appliances Limited in Nyali, Thursday told Chief Magistrate Julius Nang'ea that the two duped them into supplying home appliances worth Sh714,436. The two tried to fraudulently obtain electronics worth Sh1,314,190 a week later.