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A troubling case of cybercrime and institutional negligence is unfolding at the Milimani Law Courts, where the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is probing a man accused of hacking the phone number of former Central Police Station OCS Samson Talaam, while the device is still in the custody of investigators, and using it to con unsuspecting Kenyans.
Kiprotich Ronoh Brian, who appeared before Magistrate Caroline Mugo yesterday, is said to be the prime suspect at the centre of a SIM swap scheme using a phone belonging to Talaam, currently under investigation by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (Ipoa).
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