Crypto Scams Have ‘Robbed’ Kenyans Of $120 Million Last Year

Crypto Scams Have ‘Robbed’ Kenyans Of $120 Million Last Year

Crypto scams are victimizing more and more unsuspecting Kenyans. The cabinet secretary of Kenya’s Ministry of Information and Technology, Joe Mucheru, announced during a conference addressing the threats to law and order in the country that the past financial year, Kenyans lost almost $120 million to crypto scams. According to reports, Kenyans are being dragged […]


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