The High Court Thursday, May 25 ordered the Sh102 million sent to the 23-year-old college student Felista Nyamathira Njoroge as a love gift by her overseas billionaire boyfriend Marc De Mese forfeited to the state.
Justice Esther Maina of the Anti-Corruption court ruled that the funds held in two bank accounts belonging to Nyamathira were found to be proceeds of crime that emanated from money laundering.
Maina said Marc was given an opportunity to explain the source of the money but failed to do so.
Nyamathira had earlier been ordered by the High Court to appear before Asset Recovery Agency (ARA) for processing by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations after another woman emerged claiming ownership of the funds and the bank accounts holding the money.
The DCI officers were expected to solve the mystery of the real millionaire student at the center of Sh102 million alleged to have been laundered.
The judge had in September 2022 ordered the two women to appear at ARA offices since both claimed ownership of the bounty wired by billionaire Marc De Mesel, a Belgian YouTube crypto personality.
The tycoon also wired Sh257 million to three other women -Tabby Wambuku Kago (Sh108 million), Jane Wangui Kago (Sh49m), and Serah Wambui (Sh100m).
