Owners of the 20 frozen accounts alleged to be hiding the Sh800 Million lost at the National Youth Service, now want their accounts unfrozen.
The accounts owned by six firms, were frozen on Monday by the High Court after detectives from the Banking Fraud Investigation Unit (BFIU) presented evidence linking the money stolen at NYS to different accounts across 11 banks.
Caroline Njambi, Peter Omari, and Josephine Kaburu, who claim to own the six firms, have demanded their accounts to be unblocked. The three also complained of harassment and illegal arrests of their directors and third parties.
“The BFIU is harassing the applicants and other third parties under the guise of investigations yet they have received all the information and documents relating to the NYS infrastructure and road projects in Kibera, Mukuru kwa Njenga and Mukuru kwa Reuben.
“Payments made to third parties have no relation whatsoever to the payments made to the applicants in the transaction. Innocent third parties’ accounts have been frozen,” says Form Homes Builders Owner, Josphine Kaburu, who also owns Reinforced Concrete Technologies And Roof & All Trading.
The firm together with Gurumum Engineering, Tegem Trading, Draco Capital owned by Peter Omari and Caroline Njambi, have sued the Director Of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko, the Banking Fraud Investigation Unit (BFIU) and the CID.
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Ms Kaburu also claimed that the police apprehended her on July 10 and took her fingerprints without being charged for any crime, but hours later she was released, Business Daily reports.
The three, through their lawyer Joseph Wagara, said that their frozen accounts were in no way linked to the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) hacking saga.
The case will be heard on Monday by Justice Joseph Ongutu.
