On 1/10/23 12:46, Odhiambo Washington via KICTANet wrote:
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> On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 11:36 AM Victor Kapiyo via KICTANet
> <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
> wrote:
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> A 40-year-old Kenyan woman, Primrose Nyeri Mwangi, has been charged
> with fraud in a Harare court for allegedly hacking into the Zimbabwe
> Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) and stealing $120 million from
> the organization’s bank accounts.
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> Read more:
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> https://ntvkenya.co.ke/news/kenyan-businesswoman-charged-with-hacking-and-stealing-120-million-from-zimbabwean-parastatal <https://ntvkenya.co.ke/news/kenyan-businesswoman-charged-with-hacking-and-stealing-120-million-from-zimbabwean-parastatal/>
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> She must have exported the "Juja Hackers" to ZW to pull this heist :-)
It is interesting that the title is Kenyan businesswoman and not Kenyan
Woman IT specialist. Clearly, the IT skills are more valuable than the
"business" skills required for such an operation.
> But that story points, IMHO, to either a weak regulatory framework or a
> lack of monitoring by the CBZ. How can $120m be moving without being
> flagged?
> BTW, is that Zimbabwean Dollars or US Dollars?
>
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