The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is investigating the blocked partnership between gaming firm SportPesa and Milestone Games Ltd over suspicion that it is being used to defraud Kenyans.
The fraud allegations were revealed in court documents where the DCI successfully got court orders to freeze the use of pay bill numbers, USSD codes and short codes that SportPesa offered Milestone in its quest to resume operations.
Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate David Ndungi ordered Safaricom to disclose to the detectives the owners of the paybill numbers and shortsodes. The listed telecommunication firm was also ordered to provide financial statements on the money that has flowed to the paybill numbers and codes since October 1.
“The board [the Betting Control and Licensing Board] is of the view that the said paybill numbers are being used in fraudulent gaming activities. We therefore request to conduct investigations as to how these paybill, USSDs and shortcodes were activated and transferred from SportPesa to Milestone Games Ltd,” the DCI said in its application to the court.
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