A group of Kenyan scammers in the US and in Nairobi stole more than Sh62.1 million by pretending to work for computer manufacturer Dell, according to prosecutors in the Alexandria federal court.

Robert Muli, a 60-year-old Kenyan immigrant who lived in Ohio, admitted to committing to the offence according to a Wednesday report by Washington Post.

Muli told the Alexandria federal court on Monday that he conspired with people from Kenya to defraud governments across the United States.

The US county governments affected included those of the cities of Philadelphia and Detroit and the state of Vermont.

Court papers do not identify the Virginia jurisdiction but a Fairfax County spokesman said the county was the victim.

Prosecutors said in the scheme, a co-conspirator in Kenya would email a contact in the local government pretending to be an employee from Dell or another contractor and ask that payments be directed to a new bank account.

Muli would then withdraw that money and transfer it to various accounts.

“It’s true,” he said in court Monday.

The Virginia case unfolded between August and September last year, according to court papers.

The government ultimately sent Sh131 million to Muli that was supposed to go to Dell for a public school programme, according to prosecutors.

It took several emails back and forth between Dell and the government to make clear the money was not going to its account.

The government was able to cancel about half the wire transfers sent.



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Guy... No African country do something without allowing Nigeria to know... Sorry if it look insulted