This archive report was first published on 4 July 2020.
On July 4, 2020, police arrested a Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detective and four others for attempting to steal KSh 28 million from a bank account of a Kenyan resident in the United States.
The suspects, including a DCI detective, a Nairobi-based businessman, and two Bungoma-based businessmen, were arrested at Ahero roadblock along the Busia-Kericho highway.
According to a police report, the suspects attempted to make a fraudulent withdrawal at the Kenya Commercial Bank in Busia, posing as the genuine account holder.
Police Constable Kipkirui Tanui, attached to the DCI's Wilson Airport office, was among those arrested.
"They were arrested at Ahero along Busia-Kericho highway. After interrogations, it was established that the two together with other three attempted to steal KSh 28 million from KCB Bank from account whose owner stays in America," police said in the report.
The suspects have been handed over to the DCI Busia branch and are being detained as investigations into the matter take course.
