Investigations in Kenya sometimes provide the weirdest results.Often many narate their shock and blackness after serious crack down leaadingto several arrests by Kenyan police.
In a recent court drama,two similar cases have been brought to the attention of Nairobi’s Milimani Law Courts involving persons accused of stealing money from different banks.
In one of the cases, three women, who were described by their lawyer as being “Semi-literate” were accused of hacking into the information systems of Consolidated Bank and stealing over 24 million.
Speaking of the accused, lawyer Boniface Nyamu told the court, “Your honour, it is ridiculous that at her age (59), the DCI can charge her with altering computer data. She cannot even operate a smartphone.”
The court heard that Josephine Mumo, charged alongside Damaris Mutheu and Regina Nyambura, presented herself before a local chief after learning that her picture was making rounds in the press.
Mumo was later apprehended by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers at Machakos Police Station.
The three women were accused of altering data of the Consolidated Bank’s core banking system on different occasions between December 31 and January 7.
Charges against them also indicated that they were responsible for causing the financial institution a loss of Ksh 24,588,800 after conspiring to steal.
The women denied the charges and were each released on a bond of Ksh300,000 or Ksh200,000 cash bail.