{"id":33365,"date":"2017-03-22T09:04:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T09:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kenya-court-to-rule-on-bond-for-sh4bn-kra-fraud\/"},"modified":"2017-03-22T09:04:22","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T09:04:22","slug":"kenya-court-to-rule-on-bond-for-sh4bn-kra-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kenya-court-to-rule-on-bond-for-sh4bn-kra-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya:Court to rule on bond for Sh4bn KRA fraud suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"

{A 28-year-old man alleged to have hacked into the taxman\u2019s systems, leading to the loss of nearly Sh4 billion, will know next week whether he will be detained for 40 days or freed on bond.}<\/p>\n

Mr Alex Mutungi Mutuku pleaded not guilty to a charge of electronic fraud.<\/p>\n

His lawyer Tacey Makori protested against the prosecution request to have him detained for a further 40 days and nights.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to the slow pace of extracting information per gadget which is not less than five hours, to provide quality evidence, we need at least 40 running days and nights to generate a forensic report,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

The IT expert is accused of fraudulently causing the loss of Sh3,985,663,858 from the Kenya Revenue Authority through interfering with the taxman\u2019s computer systems.<\/p>\n

Mr Mutuku was arrested after a multi-agency security operation was conducted within Nairobi and after the police received information that financial institutions were losing cash through suspicious electronic transactions.<\/p>\n

The court was told that several electronic gadgets including mobile phones, computers, hard drives, digital video recorders and servers were seized and taken to the cyber forensic laboratory for analysis.<\/p>\n

Prosecution lawyers Edward Okello and Eddie Kadebe claimed that data analysed so far indicates that Mr Mutuku has been working with suspects outside the country and so he is a national security threat.<\/p>\n

They urged the court to have him detained while claiming that he has the potential to interfere with the servers remotely through an external source.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe travels a lot and frequently, he seems to walk in and out of Tanzania. He has visited India, Uganda as well as Burundi. He is a frequent traveller and the likelihood of him running away is real,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n

{{Pending case }} <\/p>\n

Even though Mr Mutuku has a pending case on a cybercrime related offence, Ms Makori protested against his further detention, saying that the police had not shown evidence of what had been gathered in the 14 days he has been in custody.<\/p>\n

She further claimed that the police have not ruled out the possibility of intruders accessing the seized gadgets and termed the sum of monies said to have been lost as \u201cridiculous\u201d.
\nShe also urged the court to consider the penalty for the offence allegedly committed, which is a jail term of three years or a maximum fine of Sh200,000, instead of the value of the monies in the charge he is facing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe charge which implies the loss is exaggerated. How that figure was reached is unclear because the forensic report has not been produced, it is merely meant to hoodwink the court,\u201d Ms Makori said.<\/p>\n

Mr Mutuku was arrested with six others who were not present on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\"Alex<\/figure>\n

Source:Daily Nation <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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