Two students from the Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi Campus were arraigned in Milimani Law courts and charged with Cyber Squatting contrary to the Cyber Crimes Act.
According to the office of the Public Prosecution, George Omondi Auch and Christopher Okite Ongoro at were arrested on May 20, 2022 after being on the run for three months.
The two students are suspected of conspiring to create a duplicate domain and business name of Apex Steel Limited in order to defraud the company’s clients.
Appearing before Chief Magistrate Micheni Wendy, the two accused persons denied particulars of the charges and were released on a bond of Ksh 200,000 with an alternative cash bail of Ksh 100,000.
The case will proceed on June 3, 2022 for pretrial.