This archive report was first published on 1 November 2019.
Published on November 1, 2019, eight Kenyans have been arrested in Rwanda for allegedly attempting to steal money from Equity Bank through cyber-fraud.
The group of 12 individuals, including three Rwandans and a Ugandan, were accused of cyber-fraud by the Rwandan police. According to the police, the group was arrested while in the process of hacking into the bank system to steal money from clients' accounts.
“Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) arrested an organised group of 8 Kenyans, 3 Rwandans and a Ugandan over a cyber-fraud attempt on Equity bank. This group was arrested while in the process of hacking into the bank system to steal money from clients' accounts,” police said in a statement on Twitter.
The group had reportedly successfully defrauded Equity Bank both in Kenya and in Uganda before attempting to do so in Rwanda. A case file has been submitted to the National Public Prosecution Authority for further management, RIB added.
This incident comes a month after detectives in Bomet arrested a 26-year-old man who allegedly hacked into Equity Bank accounts and stole more than Sh400,000.
