Back in the US, he had left his two nieces – Loretta Wavinya, 32, and Lillian Nzongi, 28 – to run the syndicate. They would go on to steal a staggering $15 million (Sh1.5 billion) by the time Nzongi and Wavinya were arrested in 2007. The businesses would receive fake invoices for providing fictitious services to Nzongi and Wavinya and then transfer money to the accounts of the two sisters. Corrine is the wife of Karingithi Kamau, while Nyami is the Kenyan wife of Somba, who had escaped to Kenya. With the two sisters jailed, the FBI thought they had finally put the lid on the Nyumu family criminal gang.

Source: Daily Nation August 05, 2020 08:15 UTC