Seth Mwabe Okwanyo alias Seth Onyango Odhiambo, the man suspected to be behind the hacking of Afrisend Money Transer causing loss of millions of shillings has been charged.

Okwanyo, 27, was charged with unauthorized access to a computer computer fraud and 18 counts of money laundering.

The accused person is accused of infringing the security measures at Afrisend Money Transer Limited by temporarily causing its payment system to fraudulently transfer Sh 11,410,165 from their account domiciled at Diamond Trust Bank (DTB)

In addition, he is accused of sending the money different people in order to disguise the source of the said money whilst they jointly and severally knew that the monies were proceeds of crime.

Okwanyo is alleged to have committed the offense on 16th July 2025 at Afrisend Money Transfer Limited, in Nairobi, jointly with others not before court.

He denied the charges before Senior Resident Magistrate Irene Thamana and was granted a cash bail of Sh 500,000 plus two contact persons.