This archive report was first published on 2 October 2019.
On October 2, 2019, police arrested a 26-year-old man accused of stealing over Ksh.400,000 from various Equity Bank accounts.
The suspect, identified as Peter Cheruiyot, was arrested at his home in Mulot, Bomet County.
Several phones and identification cards were recovered from the suspect’s house.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the suspect has been placed in custody and is being interviewed.
Police stations that may have received similar fraud cases last week have been signaled to liaise with the DCI in Bomet for further investigation.
Just a day before, police arrested three suspects accused of siphoning over Ksh.970,000 from a 67-year-old woman’s bank account.
The three suspects, Anthony Babu Kaira, Kelvin Maina, and Joseph Kariuki, were arrested in an intelligence operation by DCI detectives in Thika West.
According to the DCI, the suspects wired the money out of Faith Wanjiku’s account, through the mobile banking application, in about four transactions.
“The amount was transacted in four series using the Eazzy App in the sequence; Antony Kaira (Ksh.300,030), Kelvin Maina (Ksh. 300,030), Vivian Jelagat (Ksh300,030) and Ksh. 70K to various Equitel phone numbers,” said the DCI.
