A 60-year-old Kenyan man is set to be sentenced on October 4th after admitting to defrauding Fairfax County, Virginia of millions of shillings.
Appearing before Alexandria Federal Court on Monday, Robert Muli from Ohio told the judge that he conspired with a group of other people from Kenya to steal over $610,000 from Fairfax County while posing as employees of Dell Computers.
According to the Washington Post, Muli’s co-conspirator in Kenya would email a contact in the County government pretending to be Dell staff. He would then ask him to redirect payments to an alternative bank account. Muli would later withdraw the money and channel it to various accounts.
“It’s true,” Muli said in court on Monday as quoted by the Washington Post.
The suspects are said to have committed the offenses between the months of August and September 2018.
Muli’s co-conspirators fled the US while the rest were in Kenya during the scam.
“In September 2018, Fairfax County identified a financial fraud and immediately reported the incident to law enforcement,” county spokesman Tony Castrilli said.
“The fraud was committed by external parties. An internal review of the case was completed and new internal safeguards and procedures are now in place to prevent this type of crime from occurring in the future.”
Fairfax had sent a total of $1.3 million to Muli that was supposed to go to Dell for a public school program.
However, the county government managed to cancel half the wire transfers sent after the fraud was detected.
Prosecutors said the suspects also defrauded other local and state governments around the US including those of the cities of Philadelphia and Detroit as well as the state of Vermont. Court documents show they stole $130,000 from the city of Detroit and $397,471.21 from the state of Vermont.
They also attempted to steal $234,000 from Philadelphia, but all of the cash was recovered.
Muli was reportedly set to flee the US the day after his arrest.
Muli will be sentenced on October 4th after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
I sympathize with they Wives…
I sympathize with they Wives and Children. And wait until the US begins to Possess or Reposses they Money, Cars, Houses, Boats, Aircrafts, na Makadhalika. Lazy diadpora???BASTARDS!
Funga yeye.
Funga yeye.
you are kind coz i am…
you are kind coz i am calling for a death penalty! At 60 yrs old i would think he’d gotten wiser! NKT
Pale ninaposisitiza na…
Pale ninaposisitiza na kutilia mkazo kwamba, kati ya kila Wakenya kumi(10) katika eneo lolote lile, tisa nukta saba(9.7) au zaidi ni WEZI, pengine mimi nikiwa mmoja wao. Wale waliosalia nukta tatu, wapatapo nafasi, na mazingira iliopo iwaruhusu kutenda tendo hilo la wizi, haooo…piu, wanajitosa ndani. Wizi huu huja kwa njia nyingi: ulaji rushwa, upokeaji mlungura, wizi wa kuku, uporaji wa mali ya umma serikalini na katika mashirika yake, ufujaji wa sadakana matoleo mengine ya waumini kanisani, kuhadaa mwenzako kwa kutumia ujanja au uwongo kumpora, wizi wa kutumia mabavu, jamaa waishio Kenya kutumia uwongo kwa kumtumia picha za nyumba zisizo za kweli kwa Mkenya aishiye ughaibuni, na kadhalika. Kisa hiki tukisomapo cha bw Robert Muli sio cha maajabu, ila tu ametumia mbinu za kipekee kuwafumba macho Wamarekani akidhania kwamba ataponyoka vivi hivi tu. Nisisitize hapo kwamba Marekani ni pahala pazuri pa kuishi na kuafikia upeo wa juu sana. Bwana Muli atakapohukumiwa hapo mwezi wa kumi, haya ndio atakayoyapata mule katika kipindi cha miaka ishirini:
1. Atakapopenyeza kichwa tu korokoroni, atang’eng’aniwa na mahabusu huku akiwa “mke” wa “atakaye kuwa na nguvu mpishe.”
2. Ongeza miaka ishirini kwa ile yake sitini. Akiwa na bahati, atatoka kule akiwa na miaka themanini, kisha atatimuliwa na Idara ya Uhamiaji(ICE) papo hapo. Kama fedha hizo hakuzitumia vizuri kule Jamhuri, na kwa bahati nzuri FBI hawakuzipata, yuko sawa.
3. Masikitiko, mateso, malumbano, mabishano, mapigano, atakayoyapata kule korokoroni yatabadilisha utu na utendaji wake wa mambo hata baada ya kumaliza kifungo chake.
4. Itamlazimu bwana Robert Muli kujiunga na kikundi fulani kule korokoroni ile kujikimu na kulinda usalama wake. Kuna makundi manne matano hivi. Kuna lile la wazungu, Walatino, Wamarekani weusi, Waafrika kutoka nchi za Nigeria na Ghana au Liberia, na walio kutoka maeneo ya Hindi. Chaguo litakuwa lake.
5. Kama ilivyo kule nyikani na tambarare za wanyama, mle ndani atafunzwa jinsi ya kujihami na kuwa macho wakati wowote. Kule ndiko atafunzwa jinsi ya kuunda visuna silaha zingine sio kwa kutumia vyuma kama kule Gikomba(Nairobi), lakini kutumia mali ghafi kama vile karatasi ya choo, mabaki ya sigara na chakula.
Wahenga walinena, ” Mbio za sakafuni huishia ukingoni.” Wanahimiza Wakenya wenzangu kujihadhari kujiingiza katika vitendo vya kuvunja sheria hasa hapa Marekani. Tosheka na upatacho, na kilicho chako bila kukondolea macho kisicho chako.
6. Mlo, malazi, mavazi, starehe, na matibabu ni ya bure birashi, na mimi na wewe tutakohoa karibu $50,000 kumkimu na kuhifadhi haki zake.
You have some good points…
You have some good points but you are watering them down by dramatization and using statistics you most likely have no proof of. The fact of the matter is that not all Kenyans are thieves as you asserts. And in any case, this type of conman-ship is not limited to Kenya in anyway. In every society there’s a goon, a cheat, a murderer etc. When you dramatize and generalize illegal activities like this and brand everyone as a thief then you are not helping create a world you would rather live in. I know many fellow honorable Kenyans both here in US and around the world. This guy, nonetheless deserves to go to jail for a long time. He has mentality that a number of Kenyan politicians have of reaping where they never sow.
What happened to summary?…
What happened to summary? This is too long.
Ni Msamiati gani “malumbano”…
Ni Msamiati gani “malumbano” yako hii. Ash!!!?
Ai! Kwani tena Mkenya halisi…
Ai! Kwani tena Mkenya halisi umekuw a “Mjuaji?” Kwani kuliendaje? After “No Matusi” sniffed you out on a false comment you made on you-tube you decided to rebrand. Isorite isokei
Tamaa nyingi ilimwua fisi.
Tamaa nyingi ilimwua fisi.
These smart ass fools are so…
These smart ass fools are so damn they can not figure out that the stealing you do in Kenya will NOT last you a year in the U.S. Shenzi nyinyi, you are soon to be some Inmates “WIFE” in those U.S. prisons.GOOD LUCK WITH THAT!
And some of us Kenyans in…
And some of us Kenyans in the USA keep feeling less because we compare ourselves with fellow countrymen, not knowing the source of their wealth. Wacha nichape madoubles and drive my 1992 Toyota Camry bought with genuine money.
Completely agree. There’s…
Completely agree. There’s genuine happiness that comes with knowing everything you have is legit. What most people don’t know is that money doesn’t bring happiness at all. So many people with lots of money are so sad and suffering immensely. What’s unfortunate is that they don’t even have a clue money doesn’t bring happiness. They are still pursuing more money! Sad!
I agree, I used to think the…
I agree, I used to think the more money I made (from minimun wage to whatever) the more it would make me happy. Affording designer anything was a dream but when I was able to achieve that I found out it is just that – labels and I was glad to wear anything because it fits. It is true ,yes having it makes some headaches go away but the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility kicks in thereafter …
Mkenya Halisi keeps saying…
Mkenya Halisi keeps saying watu wajipange. Clearly the guy was approaching retirement with prob nothing invested so his only solution was to steal.
From what Iam reading here,…
From what Iam reading here, that scan is not complex.An amateur sleuth can resolve it.Were they really thinking that they could get away with this child’s play?