Suspected thugs steal KSh 11 million from three Barclays Bank ATMs in Nairobi ▷ Kenya News

- KSh 6.2 million was stolen from Buruburu’s Mutindwa ATM

- KSh 4.3 million went missing at the bank's ATM located at KNH

- KSh 1 million was withdrawn from the bank's ATM at the Mater Hospital in South B

- All the suspects managed to escape undetected and no one had been arrested as of April 21

Suspected criminals have allegedly hacked three automated teller machine (ATMs) belonging to Barclays Bank Kenya and withdrawn KSh 11 million.

The three machines located in South B, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and Buruburu were reportedly breached on Saturday with preliminary reports indicating Barclays Bank's staff could be behind the multi-million heist.

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The first incident reportedly took place at Buruburu’s Mutindwa ATM. The ATM dispensers were not manned at the time according to police. Photo:The Star.
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TUKO.co.ke on Sunday, April 21, learnt the first incident of theft took place at Buruburu’s Mutindwa ATM which was not manned at the time going by the police reports.

A G4S personnel, the Standard reported, had on April 18 deposited some KSh 7 million at the said ATM where KSh 6.2 million was found missing on Saturday when the bank's personnel were called to fix the cash dispenser which had stopped working.

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A similar incident took place at Barclay Bank's ATM situated at KNH where KSh 4.3 million was reportedly stolen and the suspects managed to escape unnoticed.

The third incident occurred at the Mater Hospital in South B where the thugs took off with KSh 1 million, bringing the total amount stolen from the three ATMs to a whopping KSh 11.5 million.

In South B, there were functional CCTV cameras at the time, except they could not capture the thieves because the cameras were blocked using petroleum jelly according to Kilimani police boss, Michael Muchiri.

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