A father reported his daughter to their boss, accusing her of stealing Ksh115 million ingenuously using her mobile phone.
A report by The Standard on Thursday, August 19, indicated that the man, identified as Feisal Hussein, while testifying in a Mombasa Court, lifted the lead on how his daughter, Fairoz Yassin, made away with the huge amounts of money.
He said that he was the first person to raise the red flag. He told the court that the director of Daikyo Japan Motors Limited, Sajid Khan, asked him to ascertain how much money the company had lost through his daughter's schemes.
Hussein worked as an accountant at the company while the daughter served as a secretary.
Hussein further told the court that his daughter transferred a total of Ksh51 million from the directors' accounts and the rest from the sales manager's, Zoeb Hassan Ali Rajbha, account.
The alleged malpractice was carried out between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2019.
Hussein told the court that the heist was pulled off using his daughter's mobile phone, which was registered under his name.
He further noted that that the sim card used in committing the crime was registered without his consent.
“I discovered that illegal payments and withdrawals had been made. Payments were done daily from both accounts, and the mobile phone used in the transactions belonged to my daughter," he told the court.
"My daughter registered the telephone number under my name without my consent.”
When he got concerned about the missing funds, Hussein attempted to seek an explanation from his daughter, but she reportedly did not respond.
She was arrested in 2020 and charged with stealing but pleaded not guilty. She was later released on a Ksh25 million cash bail.
