Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) Parklands branch former manager, the assistant manager and another have been charged with stealing a total of Sh 149,235,387.

Salimahh Amin Pirbhai, Aabid Alkarim Kassam and Tazim Siji Vissanji are accused of stealing GBP 233,270.17 (Apprx. Sh 40,588 980) from a DTB account in the name of Rozina Nurdin Patelia.

The trio is alleged to have committed the offense between 5th July 2019 and 26th June 2020 at the said branch while employed there.

Pirbhai is also accused of stealing Sh 39,587,840.20 from DTB (K) Limited on 4 June 2025 at DTB Bank Parklands Branch while employed as Branch Manager.

On the other hand, Kassam is charged with stealing Sh 58,244,167.47 from the account in the name of Patelia between 31st October 2016 and 5th  April 2018.

Between 14th June 2019 and 4th October 2021, Kassma is accused of stealing another Sh 10,914,400 from the said account.

Other charges include three counts of money laundering, uttering a false document and 60 counts of making false documents.

The three denied the charges before Senior Resident Magistrate Irene Thamara.

Pirbhai and Vissanji were granted a bond of Sh 1 million each with alternative cash bail of Sh 300,000 while Kassam was granted a bond of Sh 2 million with alternative cash bail 500,000.