Detectives from the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have released a list of over 100 people accused of unauthorized access to banks.
The detectives posted their faces on their officials twitter account and appealed to anyone with information on their whereabouts to contact them through the numbers given.
“#WANTED|The following persons whose photos appear below are wanted by the @DCI_Kenya. If you have any information about their whereabouts, kindly contact @DCI_Kenya~ECCU Section or at your nearest Police Station. You can also call or sms +254772627435, 0203343412, (+254)20-2861097,” reads a post on the DCI KENYA twitter account.
These people are believed to have participated into illegal hacking into bank systems.
The warrant of arrest was issued by Kiambu law court on 24th January last year. The warrant read: “cm’s court Kiambu on 24th January 2018 vide case reference number CR 121/32/2019, CF 114/2019.”
The list has since raised concerns among Kenyans on the safety of their money kept in Kenyan banks.
Various cases of unknown transactions were reported by customers of different banks in their accounts.
The police however did not specify the bank the listed people were accused of hacking.