Former Public Service PS Lillian Omollo's children have been caught up in the Ksh 9billion scandal that rocked the National Youth Service (NYS).
Detectives are investigating leads indicating Ms Omollo made cash deposits of millions of shillings into bank accounts belonging to her children during the time when the theft was reported at NYS.
Asset Recovery Agency (ARA) revealed to court that on April 20, Ksh20 million was wired to the accounts registered by Sheela Mbogo, Stephanie Mbogo and Shalom Kamwetu.
“All the accounts held at Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) are in names of the sons and daughters of Lilian Muthoni Mbogo.
“On or about 20th day of April 2018 … the accounts received Sh20 million suspected to be proceeds or crime or money laundering from the NYS,” the documents lodged in court read.
ARA further disclosed that the former PS deposited cash in her accounts in batches of Ksh 900,000 to escape the reporting threshold.
The law requires all financial institutions to file with the Financial Reporting Centre daily reports on transactions above Ksh1 million and those deemed suspect.
The agency asked the court to freeze the accounts in order to recover the cash.
“On analysing the accounts, it is clear that the monies were deposited in cash, raising suspicion of possible money laundering and proceeds of crime,” ARA told the court last week.
Several businessmen and senior government officials including Omollo were charged in May with various crimes related to theft through fictitious invoices for goods and services.
