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Friday, September 3, 2021 -Detectives have pounced on three men believed to be involved in ‘wash wash’ business in Kileleshwa Nairobi.
While raiding their apartment today Friday September 3 where one of them had parked his Honda KCY 695X car, sleuths found three copies of fake letter from Central Bank of Kenya CBK notifying receipt of sh 10 billion, two copies of United Nations invoices, a faked up anti-money laundering clearance certificate and a packet of suspicious white powder labeled Best Quality Laundry Starch.
They also found a bottle containing a bluish chemical, 45 US dollar notes in 100 denominations and 166 notes of Kenya currency in sh 1000 denominations.
A stealth operation by DCI's Transnational Organized Crime detectives led to the arrest of three suspects of money laundering, at an apartment in Nairobi's Kileleshwa area. During the operation conducted yesterday evening, three suspects were found with assorted fake local pic.twitter.com/PHZ1X7h1xa
— DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) September 3, 2021
The police then made away with the car and among the suspects is the caretaker of the apartment who was identified as Ethan Mureithi and who had attempt’s blocking the police from conducting the search. He will also be facing similar charges.
The key suspects Abdulaziz Ibrahim Hassan(54), Dorcas Ntoya(34) and Bob Busimbi(26) will remain locked up in custody until Monday when they will be dragged to court for money crime related charges.
They have been described as a dangerous rising money laundering syndicate around the city.