Kenyan woman faces fraud, money laundering charges for hacking Zimbabwe agency

Primrose Nyeri Mwangi. [Courtesy, Zimbabwe Press]

A Kenyan woman, Primrose Nyeri Mwangi is facing two counts of fraud and money laundering, after it emerged that she allegedly hacked into a Zimbabwe government agency and made away with $120 million (Sh14 billion).

The Standard is in possession of court documents stating the charges against the 40-year-old director of Primkett Travel and Tours and Maffkett Trading companies.

According to the Zimbabwe Commercial Crimes Division (CCD), Mwangi is facing one count of fraud and alternatively, acquisition of data as defined in 163A(1)(a) of the Data Protection Act Chapter 11, and another count of money laundering as defined in Section 8 of the money laundering and proceeds of Crime Act Chapter 9.