How a bank’s lack of due diligence led to fraud

The Equatorial Commercial Bank sign in Nairobi in 2012. The bank changed its name to Spire Bank in 2016.

A court case has revealed how a bank’s blunders allowed employees of an agri-trade company to swindle cash from their employer using a fake account, raising questions on its due diligence credentials.

It all started in 2014 when Jumbo Commodities Limited, a company that trades and distributes agricultural commodities, received cheques worth Sh2,001,900 from its customers to be deposited at I&M Bank.

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