Kenya: U.S. Uncovers Alleged $200m Ghost Student Fraud Linked to Kenyan Network

AllAfrica30 October 2026, 05:02 UTCKenya

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- US authorities have seized more than $750,000 (about Sh97 million) in cryptocurrency linked to a transnational student financial aid fraud scheme involving Kenyan nationals, in what the Justice Department describes as its first international seizure of its kind in Kenya.

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