Safaricom employees Simon Billy Kinuthia (left) and Brian Njoroge Wamatu
at Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi on June 10, 2019 where they were
charged with attempting to defraud the company of Sh300 million. PHOTO |
DENNIS ONSONGO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Two employees of Safaricom ltd were on Monday charged with demanding Sh300 million from the company by menaces.
Mr
Simon Billy Kinuthia and Mr Brian Njoroge Wamatu, however, denied
illegally copying and transferring privileged information on a
subscriber from the company’s database and sharing it with an
unauthorised person.
COMPUTER FRAUD
Appearing before Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi, the duo denied the charges of computer fraud and demanding money by threats.
It
is alleged that with others not before court and with intent to
defraud, the suspects unlawfully copied and transferred subscriber's
data information from Safaricom’s company database to one Mr Charles
Njuguna Kimani. They allegedly committed the offence between May 1 and
June 7, 2019.
SH1 MILLION
It is also alleged that the suspects demanded Sh300 million from Safaricom with intent to steal.
They
denied the charges and were ordered to deposit Sh1 million cash bail
each to secure their release. The court ordered the two to be reporting
to the DCI offices, serious crimes unit, twice every week.
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