Wave of multi-billion-shilling land fraud hits Coast region

Disputed lands have two "genuine" title deeds, and a search at the Lands Registry validates the said title deeds as authentic. [iStockphoto]

A fresh wave of land fraud is sweeping across the Coast with prospective land buyers being swindled of hundreds of millions by a well-organised syndicate connected to the Lands Registry.

In the scheme, the disputed parcels of land have more than two "genuine" title deeds, and a search at the Lands Registry validates the said title deeds as authentic.