Published: November 20, 2024
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The Crazy Story of Jeffrey Sila Ndungi The UoN student who scammed over Ksh 400M from US Gvt, bought cars, 2 Cessna planes while selling illegal DSTV signals with his family.. THREAD 1/2

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On Nov 2012, 23yo Jeff Sila walked into Wilson Airport holding a bag of cash. Unlike his peers who were in class at UoN, Jeff had skived his lecture to come buy 2 Cessna planes, sth that shook the manager...

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As he carefully listened to Jeff specify; "I want a 2 seater & a 4 seater plane..". Who is this kid? the manager wondered, but since mans couldn't find answers, he assumed Jeff was one of those politician kids..."

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Not knowing that Jeff had come from a lineage of Generational Scammers A trade he had inherited from his maternal grandpa, Paul Nyumu, who first set foot in USA in the late 90s when moving to America was like every African's dream..

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Grandpa Paul like every Greencard applying Kenyan, won his ticket from the dry lands of Ukambani to the city of Kansas. However on arrival, he quickly realized that things kwa ground were totally different from the success stories he had heard..

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Forcing him to work 2/3 jobs to sustain himself- a lifestyle he had never envisioned as he bid Kwaheri Kenya at JKIA. Either way, he still dreamt of better days which gladly later dawned upon him when a pal introduced him to Identify Theft...

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A trade where they stole identities of old folks in US Nursing Homes by buying their Social Security Numbers/IDs and opened fake accounts to claim Tax Refunds. A job that saw him rake in fast millions despite buying the SSIDs from brokers who...

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Infuriated him like Shiqoo Hii Style fans for their exorbitant prices . So to cut them off he decided to build his empire from scratch with the full understanding that to be successful, he needed 2 things A loyal Tax Preparer & allied caregivers who had access to patients docs.

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People he didn't have on speed dial but since he was looking for loyalty, he flew back home in 2003. Convinced his daughter Monica Ndungi who worked as a teacher in Machakos to quit her job to work as a caregiver in Kansas..

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And then offered to sponsor his 2 nieces Lilian Nzongi & Loretta Wavinya further their studies in US all in a bid to turn them into his prize workers Loretta, an accountant grad, was to apply for Tax Preparer positions once in the US..

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But first she had to become an EA (Enrolled Agent) by passing her IRS special enrollment exams which Paul was sponsoring. Lilian on the other hand was a KMTC graduate so she'd work as a caregiver once certified in US

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Where together with Monica they'd be incharge of recruitin caregivers who had assembled by Feb 2005. Spread across homes in Calif & Kansas were:Ervin Somba, 22,Edwin Nyumu Sila,19. Vincent Ogega, 24. Moses Nduvai,31. Aaron Mutavi, 26. Ken Njagi 26 & Mary Njeri, 23. The A team

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Who worked as caregivers with the sole intention of accessing details of their elderly victims so as to give them to Wavinya who prepared fake Federal & State Tax claims since she was now working as a certified Tax Preparer for a company in Kansas. A master plan

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That brought to life their American dream quite fast b/c millions streamed in like nonsense having made over 300 fake claims with every fake Federal claim ranging between $4,000- 45K while the State refunds, ranging between $1500-20K.. Tbh, they had hit the jackpot.

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En with money raining like Fat Joe's music video, everyone in the team was balling. From the smallest worker to the boss, everyone could afford atleast a Ferrari, a beautiful apartment plus a few millions in the Bank just incase they wanted to visit the strip club..

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Or send money back home to build retirement homes or as pocket money to their kids i.e for those like Monica who kids in school. Her kid being non other than Jeff Ndungi who had turned from a quiet Alliance High alumni as his classmates knew him....

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To real crowd pleaser once the millions from mom started coming as he was pursuing IT at UoN b/c as his fellow freshmen struggled to book hostels, Jeff lived large in a furnished 1br apt in South B Driving to school either in a Benz or Escalade b/c mama made the dream happen.

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Meanwhile, this honeymoon was abruptly halted when the FBI's attention was caught by a large money transfer done by Paul, (Monica's dad) to Nrb in Dec 2006,. Wondering why this was happening , they arrested Paul who under immense pressure admitted to fraud...

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And was presented in court where he was luckily granted bail as the prosecution begged more time to gather evidence to close his case. This however was a big mistake pon the gvt side b/c as soon as Paul stepped out of Jail, he headed straight to the airport & boarded the..

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Next plane to Kenya. Reason being, he knew a storm was coming and for sure 6 months later, it did. On July 2007 after serious investigations, the FBI raided the homes of his syndicate & arrested all 18 of them in a $ 13.1M Tax Fraud Conspiracy. The biggest at the time..

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That attracted heavy penalties which saw the whole team sentenced for more than 10 years each, apart from the Boss- Paul, who escaped while on Bond to Machakos. A move that saved his ass ...

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And that of the game b/c as he lay low in Kenya, he linked up his IT pursuing grandson, Jeffrey Sila, with a deal that would ultimately help him set up his first illegal business that was fast gaining traction in the African space. The business of illegal streams..

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The deal was for Jeff to electronically issue a dud cheque to the US Federal government whereby he was able to steal from the them $7.7m in 2012. Money he had never dreamt of touching that sent him to buy the only thing he didn't have planes. He bought Cessna 5Y-CCN & 5Y-CCI

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En later used the rest of the cash to buy equipment that would tap DSTV signals for him to sell them to West African countries. Sth that saw MultiChoice Kenya & Nigeria run to court in 2015 for help b/c man's was playing with their bread not knowing.. Part 2 pinned to profile

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