National Assembly Committee told how VIPs have been conned in cyber bullying racket

Murang’a Woman Representative Sabina Chege during a past press conference. [BONIFACE GIKANDI, STANDARD]

Cabinet secretaries and legislators have lost money to criminals through fake M-Pesa accounts, the National Assembly Committee on Security and National Administration was told on Tuesday.

The criminals allegedly send distress messages in the names of VIPs to raise funds.