This archive report was first published on 13 July 2020.
Published on July 13, 2020, two businessmen have been charged with acquiring millions of shillings in proceeds of crime through money agents.
Abdinoor Mohamed Mohamud and Dahir Ahmed Hussein are accused of receiving millions of shillings from people outside the country through M-Pesa agents.
According to the charges, Mohamud allegedly received Sh 1,486,039 in proceeds of crime from unidentified persons in South Africa through M-Pesa between July 1, 2018, and May 22, 2020.
Hussein is charged with knowingly receiving Sh 3,599,000 in proceeds of crime from Mohamud Billow Mohamed through an M-Pesa agent at the Kakuma refugee camp in Turkana County.
He is also accused of receiving Sh 487,804 from a person in South Africa.
Both businessmen denied the charges before Senior Resident Magistrate Muthoni Nzibe and were granted different amounts of cash bail, with Mohamud being granted Sh 100,000 and Hussein Sh 300,000.
