My previous post about Equity Bank talked about the bank firing about 200 employees after the loss or misappropriation of 1.5 billion shillings. There were then further reports that the number of staff to be fired is about 1,200, either in addition to the earlier 200, or in total. Either way, that is close to… Read More »
In May 2025, there were news reports that Equity Bank had fired over 200 employees for actions that led to the loss of a staggering 1.5 billion shillings. That is billion with a B. I did not find an official statement providing details on this but one news report said that the money was taken… Read More »
A VPN (Virtual Private Network) is software or a service that encrypts data between your device and a remote server after which you connect to the broader Internet. This hides your online traffic and also allows you to pretend to be at a different location. People use VPNs for sensitive activities such as financial transactions… Read More »
In or around August 2024, one Richard Wafula had a wedding and held the wedding reception at one Hotel Tobriana. In October 2024, Mr Wafula lodged a complaint with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) against the hotel, complaining that the hotel had obtained images and videos of himself, his wife and their… Read More »
On the 1st of February 2025, links were shared on social media to a website, run by a Moldovan business intelligence firm named B2BHint, where you could see data about companies all over the world, including data from Kenya’s Business Registration Service (BRS). Of interest to Kenyans was seeing how many companies prominent people in… Read More »
I have recently been watching episodes on the ‘Catfished’ channel on YouTube. Catfishing, in this case, is the creation of a fake online profile and luring a target into an online romantic relationship, with the goal of getting money from the target. The stories are shocking. The basic plot is that an older lady (usually)… Read More »
William and Zachary Zulock are two men from Atlanta, Georgia, USA. They are a couple. They adopted two boys in 2018 from a special-needs agency. They repeatedly molested these two boys for years. They filmed their unlawful acts. They shared the recordings with others. They were nabbed in 2022. In 2024, they pleaded guilty to… Read More »
The Bank of Uganda is the country’s central bank. In November 2024, there was a heist at the bank. Initial reports suggested a cyberattack by hackers, but subsequent investigations and reports suggested an inside job. In a statement on its website, the bank said there was “fraudulent activity that resulted in international payments being diverted… Read More »
In December 2023, a lady who runs a makeup business in Nairobi posted online about how her now-former employees had been stealing from her company. She said it was well-planned theft and the group had stolen millions of shillings in one year alone. The employees would tell clients that the official mobile money number was… Read More »
In November 2024, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that a man named Evan Bobzin was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for theft and tax offences related to stolen money totalling about 2 million US dollars. It was stated that from July 2013… Read More »