Kenyan Woman Tebby Wambuku Kago can now breathe a sigh of relief after the Assets and Recovery Agency dropped a case challenging her acquisition of Sh113 million.
Tebby found herself at the centre of a money laundering case after Sh113 million was suspiciously found in her bank account.
Tebby is said to have been gifted the amount by her Belgian lover Marc De Mesel in April 2021. She said they were dating when the gift came knocking.
Mesel, a cryptocurrency expert is also said to have wired Sh300 million to three other Kenyan women including a university student.
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The three women are Wambuku's sister Jane Wangui Kago, her friend Felista Nyamathira Njoroge and Sarah Wambui Kamanda.
Wambuku received Sh113 million, Njoroge Sh109 million, Wangui Sh49 million, and Wambui Sh100 million. The three women also claimed to be in a romantic relationship with the Belgium millionaire
Another beneficiary is a Kirinyaga University student Timothy Waigwa, a 22-year-old, who was handed Sh47 million.
The transactions got the attention of the Assets Recovery Agency which suspected a money laundering deal at play.
ARA moved to court and obtained orders to hold the funds pending its probe.
But on Monday, ARA told a High Court in Milimani, Nairobi that the probe into alleged money laundering had not yielded anything. The money was deemed legitimate.
