Pascaline Peter, known as Passy Ma Trevor on Facebook, was arrested on Thursday in connection with a major fraud scheme that has left hundreds of Kenyans devastated.
Pascaline is the suspect in a case involving the alleged embezzlement of an estimated Sh350 million from unsuspecting investors.
According to the police, Passy Ma Trevor deceived her victims by offering a fake real estate investment deal through her company, Pafrim Investments Ltd.
In an elaborate scam, Pascaline had convinced victims to make deposits running into millions of shillings in four bank accounts spread across Equity Bank, Coop Bank, Stanbic Bank, and Kingdom Bank.
She promised returns of up to 30 per cent monthly and falsely claimed to be running successful a real estate company as bait. Once the payments were made, she switched off her mobile phone and went into hiding.
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Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and their colleagues from the Kasarani division tracked Pascaline to a hideout in Kantafu, Machakos County, where she was taken into custody.
The arrest came after an investigation was launched due to many complaints from people who had been scammed.
“Preliminary investigations have revealed that the 36 year old lady who displayed opulence across her social media outlets managed to defraud over 200 individuals, with 106 formal complaints already filed against her,” DCI said on Thursday.
Police said they are working to gather watertight evidence to enable her prosecution, urging the public to “remain vigilant and cautious of similar fraudulent schemes to avoid further financial losses in the hands of such individuals or companies.”
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