Details have emerged about how a junior police officer swindled money from government officials in the Ministry of Devolution.
Citizen TV reported that the officer, Caroline Atieno, who was attached to Jogoo Police Station, was arrested on Tuesday, October 22, in connection with corruption that led to the loss of Ksh10.5 billion in the National Youth Service (NYS) in 2015.
Atieno was accused of running four firms that failed to pay taxes despite pocketing millions from the ministry.
They included Maanti Logistics, Ajol General Enterprises, Carrotexx Enterprise and Jupecar Garments.
Three of the companies employed a trick in which they listed Caroline as the Director but tweaked her middle name to create a difference.
According to the media outlet, Maanti Logistics received Ksh26.8 million and bore Caroline Mango as its director.
Another company, Carrotexx Enterprise, received Ksh1.9 million with its director listed as Caroline Atieno Mango.
The final company pocketed Ksh5.6 million and had Caroline Ajow Atieno listed as its director.
Interestingly, all the directors of the three firms bore the same ID number and the money was wired to the firms via the same bank account.
Other companies in her possession; Sallijow Enterprises, Lantex Enterprises and Pejows Agencies, displayed a suspicious name - Caroline Ajow Mango- as the director but bore different identification numbers in each case.
In total, the firms pocketed Ksh88 million.
