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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>A Kenyan national on Thursday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with hacking the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (ZIMDEF) systems and stealing $20 million from its bank account.<\/p>\n

The suspect, Primrose Nyeri Mwangi (40), is the director of Primkett Travels.<\/p>\n

Mwangi appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing fraud charges.<\/p>\n

The suspect was denied bail and returns to court this Friday.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors told the court that in December 2022, Mwangi allegedly connived with Gerald Pondai and Prosper Hove, who are still at large, and hacked into the ZIMDEF database.<\/p>\n

The suspects allegedly accessed ZIMDEF\u2019s bank accounts.<\/p>\n

They allegedly used the Zeepay ZimSwitch system and transferred $20 million from ZIMDEF into Maffkett Trading\u2019s Steward Bank account.<\/p>\n

The suspects further transferred various amounts into Atrier Engineering CBZ Bank, Newplaces (Pvt) Limited NBS Bank and Tavaka Holdings accounts.<\/p>\n

The offence came to light on 28 December when ZIMDEF received an email alerting them of the transactions.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. A Kenyan national on Thursday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with hacking the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (ZIMDEF) systems and stealing $20 million from its bank account. The suspect, Primrose Nyeri Mwangi (40), is the director of Primkett Travels. Mwangi appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing fraud charges. 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