A Somali businessman has reportedly lost approximately $30,000 (KSh 3.9 million) in a suspected counterfeit-money scam in Eastleigh, Nairobi.
The businessman, who operates a currency-exchange business, was reportedly approached by several women said to be from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who wanted to exchange $30,000.
The women reportedly used a Zambian phone number during the transaction.
However, after the exchange was completed and the women had left the shop, the businessman and other people present discovered that the US dollar notes were counterfeit.
The discovery left the businessman counting losses amounting to millions of shillings in the suspected scam.
