Nairobi law courts, two employees of Ecobank Ltd and a businesswoman who is also a client of the bank were on Thursday charged in a Nairobi
court with conspiring to steal Ksh55.6 million from the bank. Photo/the-star.co.ke
Two employees of Ecobank Ltd and a businesswoman who is also a client of the bank were on Thursday charged in a Nairobi court with conspiring to steal Ksh55.6 million from the bank.
Operations manager Kevin Kathurima, relationship officer Norman Karungo officer and businesswoman Eucabeth Booko appeared before chief magistrate Francis Andayi and denied the charges.
The prosecution said the Ksh55.6 million theft occurred on Monday at the Ecobank Towers branch.
The court heard that on the fateful day, the stolen money was traced to Booko’s account as well as that of Peter Mutonyi not present at the Court. Kathurima, who was in charge of the vault, reported the cash was missing.
Police said Karungo was the holder of the keys and had access to the money, vault and the transaction inputter.
Booko, who is a client, was arrested at Ecobank Towers as she allegedly withdrew the cash. “I was arrested and dragged to court over something l don’t know about. I received an alert on phone that l have deposited cash in my account. I haven’t withdrawn anything,” she said.
The three were released on Sh2 million bail each.