Kenyan Woman in Kennesaw, Georgia Charged with Stealing over $770,000 from the University of Connecticut
A Kenyan woman in Kennesaw, Georgia has been arrested and charged with stealing more than $770,000 from the University of Connecticut by claiming to be a Dell Computers employee.
Authorities say 39-year-old Muthini Nzuki opened a personal bank account and changed the routing number that University of Connecticut uses to pay Dell through a third party. Between April 1st and May 31st of 2017, Nzuki was able to divert $773,079.35 in 32 different deposits that should have been paid to Dell into her personal account. According to the arrest warrant, Nzuki wrote 24 checks totaling $694,850 over the same period, drawn from the same account.
Nzuki was arrested on August 24th in Georgia and was extradited to Connecticut on Thursday, October 19th.
At her arraignment on Friday in Rockville Superior Court, Nzuki through her attorney said she was duped by some men from Kenya who said they needed to use her account to deposit $3 million in inheritance money from a relative in Connecticut.
“I don’t believe she was monitoring her daily banking transactions she believed that the transactions were legitimate and that the transactions were from a legitimate source in Connecticut that they were not involved in stealing money the state of Connecticut,” Attorney John O’Brien representing Nzuki told the court.
She’s not a very sophisticated lady, but clearly she’s been caught up in something that was not her intention to steal nearly a million dollars from the state of Connecticut,” added O’Brien.
Nzuki has been charged with first-degree larceny and first-degree computer crime. She is being held on $500,000 bond and will be required to surrender her passports. Her next court appearance will be on December 1st.
Records indicate that Nzuki is a dual citizen of Kenya and the United States, having been naturalized as a US citizen in 2010.
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Comments (24)
There are a lot of Kenyan idiots in America walking around lazily thinking of where to steal from next ili wanunue kaplot to get rich quickly. They forgot they crossed the border and are in a country where laws are actually enforced. I'm sure the judge will be shaking his/her head on this one. It is a no brainier, she can go join her other Kamba woman serving 20+ sentence.
Wonders will never cease. The white man can be the most cunning of all BUT their system has beaten them. Wewe Mkamba from Katheka or Kangundo or Masaku what makes you think you can beat the system. Bure kabisa.
Ougi. NIGERIANS are the Most Cunning of All people. And this makes me believe this Woman could have gotten this TRICK from some Nigerian somewhere.
There are two things every mother should tell their babies the day after they come to this world. One, you don't discuss finance with a Nigerian. Two, you don't carry a "small" bag for a Nigerian at the airport. Beware of those pple with cabbage looking heads.
Ougi. Now We're Talking; Especially this thing of "Help Me Carry My Bag Oh!" at the Airport. It's Recipe for Going to Prison for Life (especially in London and worse in Hong Kong).
Enjoy the orange jumpsuits in prison.
Kenya. You're kidding; right?
There is a dude on Mwakilishi who like to date Kenyan women in prison. Give him your new address when you get it.
Kenyans, as soon we leave Kenya's borders and go to another country, we must leave our " waiguruness" back in Kenya.
Oh well, she ceased being a dual citizen of united states and Kenya. She is now a Kenyan just waiting to be deported after serving her term! what an greedy imbecile! I hope I wouldn't see a GOFUNDME set up for this matter. Here are her Kamba thieves languishing in jail. https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/mow/news2009/kamau.sen.htm
It's not what you do, it's how you do it.
I like her thinking aspect of it
Oh, really?
This lady may be telling a true story about being duped by others to open an account. I had this circle of Nigerians who were paying anyone $300 to open an account and give them the account info. Almost fell for it.
Mwakenya. She's telling a True Story; only that She's Seems Sorry She Had Been Caught.
yeah its one of the oldest tricks in the Western world. We havr all been approached by them. Give me your account, l will out money and then we share. All it boils down to is greed. Why didnt she questiin the authenticity of such a transaction?
The Lords prayer goes " and lead us not to temptation..." because temptation will come our way many times everyday. In the developed world (and least developed world too), things are not physically or heavily guarded because there is a third eye monitoring. The third eye in developed world is the electronic footprints and system checks. In least developed world the third eye is juju or voodoo! It is mainly in developing world that you can get away with almost any transgression. So coming from a developing country into a developed world always remember the Lord's prayer otherwise the shackles of those foreign lands will be unforgiving.
But surely, trying to pull off something like this in the US, and convincing yourself that you are actually doing it perfectly... repeating it year after year is so stupid makes me wonder where some of these people grew up? Who opens an account in their name and gives to someone else....? What level of stupidity is that?
JustMe. You just "Threw Her Under the Bus". Oh! My! Oh!!!
Useless. If you must steal be smart about it!
I always tell people before you think to steal in this country,think how many people have thought about the same thing before you.Their is smart people,people who were born here,they know the system better than you,they can't even try,why do you think you can do it without being cought
The way I see it, if you are going to steal that much, invest heavily and hire very expensive lawyers. Pay a retainer...so that they are on call. Do not invest directly, launder it first.
Our own president is a tax dodger, sembuse nyinyi
Poor girl,she appears to be in shock. Here's a word of advise for all those kenyans resident in the USA walking around with the kenyan mind set that stealing is an option: YOU WILL BE NABBED. And the consequences will not be pleasant. Systems here are run by intelligent guys, unlike the morons you are used to back home.
😳😳😳😳😳 She for real ? that is serious money and yep when you got money like that flowing , audit comes in and that's it . You won't go far. There is a reason why US have serious Laws. She is in a deep mess and why would she let anybody use her bank account ? that Sounds so Crazy omg I can't even imagine money like that in my account . I would freak out
Well, well once a Kenyan always a Kenyan, the young lady did exactly what is happening in Kenya on daily basis except Sunday, On Sunday everybody troops to church to pray for forgiveness of their sins, a happy long and healthy life for yourself, your children and extended family and when time to tithe comes you want to make sure everyone is watching you and how can they miss you? Elegantly dressed and a fat envelope, you can tell when you watch the Pastors face beaming in anticipation. I never read the Daily Nation anymore, why? You guessed right it is stealing from Kenya pipeline national youth services ,NHiF ,Kenyatta national hospital ,Kenya Airways list is endless and now my young friend you made your bed sleep on it.