This archive report was first published on 2 November 2019.
Published on November 2, 2019, eight Kenyans have been arrested in Rwanda for plotting to defraud an Equity Bank branch.
The suspects, whose identities Rwandan investigators have yet to reveal, were arrested together with three locals and a Ugandan.
According to a police statement on Twitter, "Rwanda Investigation Bureau arrested an organised group of eight Kenyans, three Rwandans and a Ugandan over a cyber-fraud attempt on Equity bank."
The group was linked to another attack on the bank in Kenya and Uganda.
Just a month prior, a Kigali court sentenced a Kenyan man to two years in prison for defrauding Rwandans by soliciting money to attend a "wealth conference" in the capital in May.
Charles Kinuthia, who was found guilty in September, was said to have posed as a motivational speaker.
