@KenyaPower@KenyaPower_Care you office at mumias is really frustrating, here at Kisumu ndogo we have been without electricity since Tuesday, we have been visiting that office since Wednesday without help. Kindly intervene
"On arrival, we met Chebukati, but PAS Kennedy Kihara delved into politics and started saying that IEBC needed to kneel to the results. I immediately sent a text to Gen Kibochi saying, "Sir, this is not about security but about politics. That text I have, and it's here. "
So, to stand before apolitical members of the society, especially the family, and speak in a manner that the Late Gen Ogolla behaved in a way to overrule the victory for the house on the hill was insensitive and demeaning to the family & to a man who used 3/4 of his life serving the country.
Hackers Swipe Ksh 179 Million From Equity Bank Accounts In Massive Card Fraud Scandal
We got our hands on some interesting scoop โ a letter leaked to us by a source inside Equity Bank.
This letter was addressed to the Director of the Banking Fraud Investigations Department at the DCI.
So, what's the big deal?
Well, it turns out that Equity Bank is also caught up in a hacking mess just like Standard Chartered Bank.
[If you missed StanChart post check it out here: https://t.co/AW49DrO9vJ]
Now, back to Equity Bank.
The leaked letter reveals a shocking theft of Ksh 179,677,736 from 551 customers through debit card fraud.
The bank's risk department noticed something fishy on April 15, 2024, with a sudden surge in transactions traced back to their MasterCard GL.
Between April 9th and 15th, hackers siphoned off over Ksh. 179 million fraudulently to these 551 accounts.
The letter states: 'Early on April 15, 2024, the bank's risk department discovered an upsurge of transactions emanating from the bank's incoming MasterCard GL. Preliminary investigations revealed that between April 9th and April 15th, Ksh. 179,677,736 was paid out from the GL fraudulently to the 551 Equity Bank accounts.'
Some Ksh. 63 million went to Safaricom Mpesa and Ksh. 39 million to eleven other banks.
Equity Bank is now scrambling to track down where the money went and freeze it to keep it safe.
They claim to have locked down over Ksh. 60 million in those 551 accounts and are urgently asking the Banking Fraud Investigations Department to catch the perpetrators.
The letter is signed off by Gerald Munyiri, the General Manager of Security & Investigations at Equity Bank.
Dear @KenyaPower@KenyaPower_Care we have been without power 4 more than 2 months, we've visited ur offices in Mumias branch and there is no help, there is guy called Tom tossing us, later telling us we haven't reported ,we did Ref no 10863535. upto now we are yet to be sorted