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Sh230,000 stolen as fraudsters clean Kisumu man’s bank savings

The businessman says he has now engaged a lawyer to help him to follow up on the matter after the bank reportedly told him they were not in a position to help him. [Courtesy]

A Kisumu businessman has lost Sh229,894 to bank and mobile phone fraudsters.

George Omondi, a cattle trader, said the fraudsters cleaned up his bank account after making four successive withdrawals via M-Pesa, a month after he opened the account at the Kenya Commercial Bank Kisumu West branch.

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