Kidnap for Ransom Victims
(04/01) After spending ten days as a hostage in Nairobi, Kenya, San Diego resident Juergen Ahlmann and business associate James Harrell were recently reunited with their families after being rescued by police there.
Ahlmann was in Kenya to meet with a group of investors he felt would assist in his business venture expansion plans. The investors turned out to be a part of a larger ring of Nigerian criminals who successfully posed as businessmen seeking to lure Ahlmann and others to their location with the following letter and other follow-up conversations.