Kennesaw Woman Stole Over $700,000 From UConn: Police

STORRS, CT — A Kennesaw woman has been charged with secretly stealing over $700,000 from the University of Connecticut, according to an investigation that began in June.

Muthini Nzuki, 39, of Kennesaw, is where the investigation led. She is accused of hacking into a bill pay account and changing the routing number for UConn funds supposed to be going to the Dell computer company, UConn police said. The funds — $773,000 and change — went into her personal bank account in Georgia instead, UConn police said.

The scheme took place between April 12 and May 9 and was discovered on June 21, UConn police said, adding that Nzuki also operated under the alias Jane Kiio, UConn police said.

A judge at Rockville Superior Court signed off on a warrant for Nzuki's arrest on Aug. 16 and she was picked up by the Cobb County Sheriff's Office on Aug. 24, according to a report. She fought extradition, but a governor's warrant brought her to Connecticut on Thursday.

She was being held Friday morning on a $1 million bond for first-degree larceny and a first-degree e-crime — misuse of information with fraudulent intent. She was to appear in court later Friday.

This article was reported by Patch editor Chris Dehnel.

Article image via University of Conn Police Department