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Facebook Swindler: Businesswoman loses Sh1.4 million to online lover

Police have been allowed to detain a man accused of swindling Sh1.4 million from a businesswoman he met on Facebook.

In a sworn affidavit presented in a Makadara court, the investigating officer stated that Monica Kamweru reported the matter at Kayole police station on December 23 last year. At the time, the suspect, James Kinyanjui Mbugua, operated a Facebook account where he posed as a reliable person who could offer any assistance.

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