According to ARA Director Alice Mate, investigations into the Ksh 1 billion employment fraud involving the First Choice Recruitment Agency have uncovered a complex money laundering scheme that CEO Judy Jepchirchir and her allies engineered.
The First Choice Recruitment Agency orchestrated the heist.
The director testified before a Senate committee that the agency had found four properties connected to Jepchirchir in Nairobi, Machakos, and Eldoret.
To conceal their ownership, proxies officially registered these properties.
The agency is also investigating 27 bank accounts connected to the suspects during the course of the investigation. These accounts received a total of nearly Ksh 300 million between February 2020 and May 2023.
Investigators are currently tracking the cash flow to confirm the clear link between the properties and the deceptive behavior.
Thousands of people lost their money due to fraudulent job offers made by the agency. The agency had amassed over Sh1 billion.
DCI is still pursuing more leads that will unearth how the cartel, which seems to be close to people in power, gets so wealthy in such a short time.