Over Sh108.2 million has been frozen in the name of a 21-year-old Nairobi Technical Institute student and an acquaintance on suspicion of being proceeds of crime, bringing the total amount banned to Sh210 million.
Judge Esther Maina of the High Court ordered the freezing of $631,071 (Sh71.2 million) in Equity Bank and Sh37 million in the same bank under Tebby Wambui Kago’s name.
The court also approved the freezing of Sh5 million in Ms Felesta Nyamathira Njoroge’s Stanbic Bank account, in addition to the $914,967 (Sh102 million) frozen earlier this month.
Ms Njoroge’s Belgian lover Marc De Mesel sent the money to the two in August amid questions about the source of the millions from the cryptocurrency vendor.
Ms Njoroge was “free to spend the money to create financial security for our future children,” according to the Belgian’s declaration paperwork.
The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) informed the court on Tuesday that investigations revealed that the suspect monies came from the same source, Mr De Mesel, and were distributed in the same way to the two women’s numerous accounts.
The Belgian wired $909,900 to Ms Kago’s dollar account between August 6 and 10, according to the agency.
Ms Kago distributed a total of $278,799 to multiple accounts in September, including her own and another one registered in Sarah Njoki’s name.
According to the ARA, “a preliminary review of the bank statement for account number *** held at Equity Bank Limited in the name of the 1st Respondent has indicated that the account received a cumulative total of KES 37,000,000 in one single suspicious transaction in the month of November 2021.”
