Detectives have arrested Geoffrey Kipkemoi Langat, Patrick Ngandu Nderitu and Timothy Kipchumba Cheboi on suspicion of siphoning at total of KSh5,226,735 from the Attorney General's accounts, the very office that is supposed to fight corruption.

The trio are expected to answer to multiple charges, including conspiracy to defraud, stealing, forgery, and acquisition of proceeds of crime.

In an update on Thursday, detectives said the trio are suspected of frauding the public trustee administration estates account under the office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice.

"Investigations revealed that the money was illegally wired through two fraudulent transactions of Sh2,413,896 and Sh2,813,989 into personal bank accounts," the Directorate of Criminal Investigation explained on X (formerly Twitter).

Detectives added the fraud was executed overtime through forged documents and fraudulent account details.

DCI said officers have pieced together the money trail and identified seven suspects behind the scheme executed in the country's apex law office.

"Upon conclusion of investigations, the case file was forwarded to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), which approved charges against the seven suspects connected to the fraud," the DCI explained, adding that officers are in hot pursuit for four suspects who are on the run.

The three are currently undergoing processing ahead of their arraignment in court today, as detectives tighten the noose on four other suspects who remain on the run.

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