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Aug 20, 2018 3 tweets 2 min read Read on X
Four suspects were #arrested on 17th August & will be #charged today for an alleged stealing amounting to Ksh.72,619,951.83 which was transferred from the Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd in smaller amounts to accounts domiciled with various banks in Nairobi,Mombasa,Eldoret & Malindi.
Evidence gathered showed that 37 fictitious merchant companies were registered with KCB to facilitate the #fraud through fraudulent point of sale card transaction claims which were approved by the #four suspects & money sent to the companies’ account as POS card settlements.
The funds were then shared through Mpesa among the following four suspects who are employees of the same bank:

Mr.Benson Mwai Karugu

Mr.Edmund Kirturi Mutua

Mr.Evans Kenda Kiplagat &

Mr.Macdonald Mochama Mongwe.

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