Woman tracked down for siphoning more than $700,000 out of UConn
A woman from Georgia was tracked down and arrested for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the University of Connecticut.
Posted — UpdatedMuthini Nzuki, 39, of Kennesaw, GA, was found to have siphoned more than $773,000 from an online payment system after she gained access to a federal tax ID and pretended be a Dell employee.
The investigation began in June when UConn reported the fraud.
After Dell denied involvement, investigators were able to track down where that money went and identified the owner of the bank account as Nzuki.
They said Nzuki has a Kenyan passport in her name and a valid GA driver's license under the name Jane M. Kiio. Officials said she was a naturalized citizen out of Atlanta.
However, both names appeared in transactions from April and May between bank accounts tied to Nzuki and UConn, according to the warrant.
By the time police sought to find her, Nzuki had already taken a flight to Paris at the end of May.
They notified Immigration Customs Enforcement, which added Nzuki to the Treasury Enforcement Communication System. Under that system, investigators said they would be notified when Nzuki returned to the country.
Agents received a TECS notification that Nzuki returned to Georgia from Kenya on Aug. 1.
Nzuki was charged with first-degree computer crime and first-degree larceny.
She was extradited to Connecticut and police gave her a $1 million bond.
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