A woman was on Friday night arrested over allegations of spreading malicious messages against Family Bank.

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Ms Christine Njeri was arrested by Banking Fraud Investigations Unit detectives Friday after it emerged that she had been sending messages purporting that the bank was about to be placed under receivership.

In the statement, the bank urged its customers to ignore negative statements and malicious rumours that tried to depict it negatively.

 “The source of the malicious statement is under investigation by the directorate of Criminal Investigations,” the statement read. Family Bank confirmed its strong financial position stating that it operates within requirements of the banking laws.