[guard-of-terra]

So, they were placed in this Kenyan house to do what exactly?

Article takes a long time to tell a story, then it jumps over this crucial question, and then it continues its ramblings. More details are desperately needed.

Who hired them? To do what? What they really did? Were they actually paid? What exactly are they charged for? What do their compatriots think they did?

[jlg23]

> To do what?

"Luo arrived in September, expecting to be assigned work as a driver."

> What they really did?

“We weren’t doing anything. After we got here, all we did was sleep and eat. We never saw the boss,”

> What exactly are they charged for?

"Local media have reported that the group was running a command center for hacking, money laundering, and eventually attacking Kenya’s financial and communications system." The article at Standard Digital News which is linked from that article says "The group, operating in military style dormitories, are believed to have been conducting high-tech espionage and internet fraud, police said."

> More details are desperately needed.

I don't think the author wanted to write about cyber crime per se, the case is just a starting point to tell about the situation in general.

[richard_mcp]

It's weird that he arrived in September and seems to have done nothing but sit around until December when he was arrested. Why would someone import 70-some workers and then have them do nothing for months?

[philsalesses]

Because they're cheap and management is inefficient?