DCI nabs man accused of forging official documents for police recruitment scam
By David Nthua, December 3, 2025The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has finally caught up with a man who had become clever all of a sudden.
Taking to its X account on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, the DCI reported that the man in question had developed a habit of courageously forging documents and attempting to pass them off as official communication.
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Lately, DCI reports, the man had become bolder, weaving his way into spaces reserved for formal authority.
His latest move involved delivering a forged letter to the Chief Executive Officer of the National Police Service Commission, a document that claimed to forward “state-recommended candidates” for police recruitment.
The DCI shared a long narration of the case, detailing how the operation unfolded and how the individual of interest was located.
“In the shadowy corridors of deception where ambition meets audacity, one man thought he could outsmart the nation’s security architecture,” the DCI statement reads.
The agency described the individual as someone whose creativity belonged more in “fiction novels than government records,” showing how layered the forgery scheme had become.
“His game? Forgery. His weapon? Fake authority. His downfall? Our hawk-eyed sleuths who refuse to nictate,” the statement added.
Detectives said the man was already on suspension from his civil service job due to a previous forgery case before the Kahawa Law Courts.
In that earlier incident, he reportedly authored a fake letter that promoted him to a senior government rank and transferred him to another State department.
“Talk about DIY career progression,” the DCI statement reads.
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Intelligence leads smoke him out
When detectives intensified the hunt, the individual of interest reportedly switched off all known contacts, believing that going quiet would help him slip away. But that only delayed the process.
“Our crime busters, unamused and undeterred, deployed meticulous intelligence leads thereby managing to smoke him out of his hideout,” the DCI statement reads.
He was finally apprehended in the Ngoigwa area of Thika West Subcounty and escorted to a police facility, where he is now being processed pending legal action.
The DCI ended its update with a reminder to the public.
“In an era where information travels faster than thought, criminals who rely on forged ink and borrowed authority will always be outpaced by truth,” the statement reads.
The agency encouraged citizens to report crime anonymously through the #FichuakwaDCI hotline.