IT expert charged with hacking
Publish date: 27 March 2017
Issue Number: 669
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: Corruption
* An IT expert has been charged with hacking into Kenya's Revenue Authority and stealing $39m. Alex Mutuku is accused of electronic fraud but he denies any wrongdoing. The prosecution says he is part of an international network stealing money from several state bodies. 'It is a case of remote control hacking where the suspects operate smoothly with their machines, and the next minute you realise you have no money in your account,' state prosecutor Edwin Okello is quoted as saying. Mutuku's lawyer Tacey Makori has asked for him to be released, arguing that police had failed to show enough evidence to warrant an extended detention.
