Saturday, January 21, 2023 –A 22 year old man has been dragged to court over sh 900,000 he siphoned from a Mombasa bank.
Francis Mairura from Kisii County, the suspect, hacked the systems of a Mombasa microfinance bank and managed to transfer thousands of money to his mobile phone.
Detectives found out that the young man who hails from Nyamondo Village, Gusha South executed a hi-tech swindle, which involved a breach of the Sacco’s IT systems and directed the money to six M-Pesa accounts which he controls.
On Friday January 20 afternoon, detectives established that the suspect had rented two houses – one in Witeithie Estate in Thika and the other in Gitambaya Tuiru.
And when he noticed that he was being tracked by police, he fled to his rural home in Kisii County where he was finally nabbed where sh 600,000 was recovered, three mobile phones and an HP laptop were also found with him.
