A Safaricom employee was on Wednesday charged with conspiracy to commit a felony contrary to the law.
David Obwanga Adoyo who is the Trade Development Representative at Safaricom PLC is alleged, according to the charge sheet, to have on diverse dates between August 29, 2021 and April 15, 2022, conspired to steal Sh29,530,566.90 from the National Police DT Sacco Society Limited.
“On diverse dates between August 29, 2021 and April 15, 2022, at an unknown place within the Republic of Kenya, conspired with intent to commit a felony namely stealing from National Police DT Sacco Society Limited of Sh29,530,566.90,” a charge sheet presented to court reads in part.
He is also alleged to have aided or abetted in the commission of an offence contrary to the Computer Misuse and Cyber Crimes Act.
The court heard that being the telco employee where he was a Trade Development Representative, he aided by facilitating the registration of five mobile telephone numbers using identity card particulars without the consent of the owners.
This was allegedly done on diverse dates between August 29, 2021, and August 30, 2021.
The numbers were later linked to members’ Fosa accounts and fraudulently withdrew Sh12,954,937, being part of the money stolen from Kenya National Police DT Sacco Society Limited.
A Front Office Service Activity (Fosa) account is a transactional Sacco account that offers banking services.
He is also accused of making use of an ID card belonging to another person contrary to the Registration of Persons Act.
He is facing five counts in the above charge.
He allegedly unlawfully used five different IDs, belonging to other persons to register mobile numbers without their consent.
Appearing before Milimani Law Courts Principal Magistrate Gilbert Shikwe, Adoyo denied the charges.
The court released him on Sh5 million bond with the alternative of Sh1 million cash bail.
