Embattled Barclays Bank is on the spot again for all wrong reasons with reports that over Ksh.11 million was stolen from three Barclays Bank ATMs at different locations in Nairobi.
Police say that Ksh.6.29 million was robbed from an ATM at Mutindwa area, Ksh.4.315 million at Kenyatta National Hospital and Ksh.1 million at Mater Hospital.
A police report on the robberies, which happened over the weekend, indicated that the surveillance camera at Mater Hospital had been smeared with petroleum jelly to obstruct view.
At Mutindwa area, police said they established that the ATM is not covered by CCTV cameras and is also not manned by any guard.
According to police, the ATM at Kenyatta Hospital had been tampered with electronically and the money stolen.
Last month, the bank suspended the safe box service after police found the highest amount of fake currency and gold stashed in two safe deposit boxes at Queensway branch in Nairobi.
The bank says it reached the decision to suspend the service due the emergence of new financial crime risks associated with its use.
“As an extra precaution, we have taken a decision not to take any new safe deposit boxes and are working with our clients to review the existing safe deposit boxes,” Jeremy Awori Barclays Bank Chief Executive Officer said in a statement to newsrooms.
These are the statements and OB Numbers recorded at three different police stations;
Nairobi county, Kamukunji sub county, Buruburu police. Subject: ATM machine breaking and stealing. Today at about 2pm, Mr George Ogiro telephone no 0720695959 a crew Commander of G4s reported that on 18/4/2019 loaded Mutindwa ATM machine within mutindwa road with ksh 7million, and today on 20/4/2019 they received information from Barclay’s bank that the ATM was not operational.They opened the machine and found ksh 6,290,000 missing. Scene visited and it was established that the ATM is not covered by CCTV cameras. It is also not manned by any guard. Scene dusted by scenes of crime Personnel.case pui.
SUB COUNTY KILIMANI: CAPITAL HILL POLICE STATION
OB NO. 25/20/04 /2019. AT 1300 HRS DATE 20/04/2019.
SUBJECT : INCIDENT REPORT. IT WAS REPORTED BY ONE WILSON MZEDI A STAFF OF G4S OF TEL. 0720563388 THAT THEY GOT A REPORT FROM THE KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL BARCLAYS BANK ATM SYSTEM THAT IT WAS NOT WORKING.MAINTAINANCE PERSONELL NAMELY HENRY MALEYA OF TEL 0722937674 WAS SENT TO CHECK ON THE MACHINE AND ON ARRIVAL AND CLOSE CHECKING HE ESTABLISHED THAT THE ATM HAD BEEN TAMPERED ELECTRONICALLY AND APPROXIMATELY 4.315 MILLION SHILINGS STOLLEN. SCENE WAS VISITED BY THE D/SUB-COUNTY COMMANDER KILIMANI,DIV CRIME PERSONELL AND DUTY OFFICER CAPITAL HILL THE SCENE WAS PROCESSED BY CSSS AND NECESSARY ACTION TAKEN. THE INCIDENT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE HAPPENED AT 2110HRS ON 19/4/19 FROM THE ATM’S LOC SYSTEMS. CASE P.U.I
MAKADARA SUB COUNTY
INDUSTRIAL AREA POLICE STATION
INCIDENT REPORT
OB 38/20/04/2019, 1530HRS
IT WAS REPORTED BY ONE NICKSON OLUOCH OF TEL. 0723841251 AND THE IN CHARGE OF G4S THAT THEY WERE SENT BY THEIR LOGISTICS MANAGER TO SERVICE AN ATM OF BARCLAYS BANK AT MATER HOSPITAL BUT ON ARRIVAL AT AROUND 0900 HRS THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE SAID ATM HAD BEEN TAMPERED WITH AND A SUM OF KSHS ONE (1) MILLION WITHDRAWN ERRONEOUSLY BY UNKNOWN PEOPLE AT 0730HRS. THE CCTV CAMERA AT THE SAME POINT WAS FOUND SMEARED WITH PETROLEUM JELLY TO OBSTRUCT VIEW. SCENE VISITED AND PROCESSED BY CSI MAKADARA, CASE PUI.