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RWANDA JAILS 8 KENYANS IN EQUITY BANK HACKING CASE
BUSINESS DAILY BY OTIATO GUGUYU
Wednesday July 07, 2021
Eight Kenyans arrested in Rwanda for hacking Equity Bank have been handed eight-year jail terms and fined Sh5.6 million.
The eight are part of a 12-man gang arrested in 2019 by the Rwandan Investigation Bureau (RIB) that included three Rwandese nationals and a Ugandan.
Regional security teams had trailed the gang linked to bank hacking attempts in Kenya and Uganda and had notified Rwandan officials when they set up shop there.
The members of an organised group were arrested while hacking into Equity Bank accounts and funnelling the cash to Rwandans to draw out funds through Eazzy banking and ATMs.
Taarifa Rwanda daily reported the court pronounced the verdict on Friday, July 2, fining the suspects Rwf50 million (Sh5.3 million) in damages and about Rwf3 million (Sh322,000) for other charges...READ MORE
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