On 16th July 2025, 38 transactions moved KSh 11,410,165 through the payment system of Afrisend Money Transfer Limited, a Central Bank–licensed microfinance money transfer firm, according to court filings by investigators from the Banking Fraud Investigation Unit.
- •Prosecutors have charged a 27-year-old university dropout Seth Mwabe Okwanyo, also referred to in the documents as Seth Onyango Odhiambo, on 20 counts, including unauthorized access to a computer system and computer fraud and money laundering.
- •They allege that Seth and others executed the transactions and fraudulently moved funds from an account domiciled at Diamond Trust Bank (DTB), before erasing system and database logs.
- •He is accused of entering into arrangements to transfer the funds to multiple accounts belonging to individuals and at least one company, forming the basis of money-laundering charges.
Investigators from the Banking Fraud Investigation Unit of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) alleged that the transactions did not appear in the institution’s internal records, despite being flagged as successful to recipients.
Court filings list several recipient accounts including those in the names of Josphat Kemoi, Eliasgar Mohammed, Brian Rotich Merisya, Elkanah Phoghisio, Samuel Kimeli, Paul Kitema, Matthews Nafula, Steelspur Tools, and Kevin Kibaki, among others.
Mwabe pleaded not guilty to all counts. His defense opposed the inclusion of the alias in the charge sheet and asked the court to recognize the cash bail previously granted in the miscellaneous application. Milimani Senior Resident Magistrate Irene Thamara granted a bond of KSh1.5 million or an alternative cash bail of KSh500,000 with one contact person and directed that he should not interfere with ongoing investigations.
