Police in June arrested a man suspected of impersonating journalist Eric Latiff.

The man is said to have been contacting guests hosted on his radio show before soliciting money from them.

According to the DCI, the 30-year-old suspect was nabbed in Kikuyu’s Zambezi area and the phone he was using for the criminal activity was seized.

Messages found on the suspect’s mobile phone showed he had targeted unsuspecting prominent personalities.

“In the imposture dating back to 2023, the suspect has been personating journalist and radio host Eric Latiff of Standard Group’s Spice FM, reaching out to guests hosted by the media personality in his Situation Room show,”

“Upon arrest and brief interrogation, the suspect alleged to be a diploma holder in journalism from a renowned media institution in the country, and previuosly working with a religious FM radio,” DCI said.

The suspect identified as Julius Gacheru Wangari alias Chris Gacheru was arraigned in court.