Meru University Dropout Arrested for Allegedly Hacking Betting Firm, Stealing over KSh 11m

SETH MWABE the 26-year-old University drop out who was arrested for hacking and stealing Ksh11.4M was once celebrated for winning hacking competitions (PHOTOs!)

Sunday, August 31, 2025 - Seth Mwabe, the 26-year-old former Meru University student who has been arrested for hacking and stealing Ksh 11.4M from a Kenyan firm, was once celebrated as a budding tech genius. In 2018, he won a hackathon at the institution and later clinched another victory in 2019 in a competition sponsored by a local bank. Mwabe was arrested on August 30th, 2025, after detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (…

Police arrest 26-year-old university dropout for hacking, stealing Sh11.4 million from betting firm

A 26-year-old university drop out was arrested over claims of hacking and stealing Sh11.4 million from a major betting company. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations said the dropout was apprehended in his two-bedroom apartment in Tatu City on Saturday, August 30, after being tracked down for months. The Regional Criminal Investigations Officer, Central Region, Abraham Mugambi with Kiambu police boss Doris Kimeli claimed that the individual…

DCI reveal how 26-year-old university dropout hacked betting firm & stole millions

The suspect who dropped out of university at second year is accused of orchestrating a digital heist which left a leading betting firm counting its losses in millions.

Meru University dropout arrested for allegedly hacking betting firm, stealing over KSh 11m

DCI officers arrested Meru University dropout Seth Mwabe in Tatu City for allegedly hacking a betting firm of KSh 11.4 million. He will be arraigned on September 1.

Seth Mwabe Arrested in Tatu City Betting Firm Heist

In a dramatic turn of events on August 30, 2025, Kenyan authorities apprehended 22-year-old Seth Mwabe at his residence in Tatu City, linking him to a sophisticated cyber heist that drained Sh11.4 million from a prominent betting firm. The former IT student at Meru University of Science and Technology, who dropped out during his second […] Source