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How officials use fake identities to execute mega car fraud

Mariam Omar Mwakituko died in August 2014. However, rogue importers are using her identity to execute a complex vehicle importation fraud. [Courtesy]

If rogue officers at the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) are to be believed, Mariam Omar Mwakituko rose from the dead and imported heavy commercial vehicles.

Were it not for the confounding grand fraud executed by the wayward officers at NTSA Mariam would probably never have been known beyond her home area in Msambweni, Kwale County.

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