By Cyrus Ombati
Seven managers of Co-operative Bank and G4S Security Company will be charged on Monday morning with theft of Sh80 million.
The accused include four from Co-operative Bank headquarters and three from G4S.
Detectives handling the case said they had released two others after they found out they were not involved in the loss of the money.
“We have been questioning them and zeroed in on seven who will be appearing in court tomorrow (Monday) to face charges which will include theft,” said a detective who asked for anonymity.
A team of detectives who are pursuing the incident were viewing CCTV clips to identify the gang.
On Friday, thugs disguised as G4S personnel walked into a bank in Nairobi and vanished with Sh80 million.
The five men, who included two in police uniforms, seemed to have prior information that the money would be collected from Co-operative Bank headquarters and later taken to various ATMs in Kilimani area.
They used a van that they had painted with G4S colours to collect the money and later abandoned it in Upper Hill.
G4S later sent a statement confirming their client had lost the money after fraudsters posing as G4S Cash-In-Transit (CIT) crew stole Sh80 million from Co-operative Bank.
Communications Manager Dan Okoth said the gang was driving in a vehicle kitted and branded like the blue G4S CIT vans.
