LOCAL Two Nigerians, aged 39 and 42, were arrested in dawn raids by Interpol and the Hawks on Wednesday in the Pretoria East suburb of Equestria. TimesLIVE understands the suspects are believed to be connected to Nigerian organised crime syndicates operating sophisticated cybercrime networks. “The search and seizure operation by[…]
Giselle Maritz has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for defrauding a law firm in Bloemfontein. The Bloemfontein Magistrates Court sentenced Maritz for fraud, money laundering, and contravention of the Electronic Communication and Transaction Act. Phatshoane Attorneys discovered that Maritz was unlawfully transferring trust funds to her bank account between[…]
LOCAL The City of Cape Town has warned that legal action will be taken against event organisers and venue owners found with fraudulent permits. It comes amid an investigation, after several organizers were caught submitting permits with an old letterhead. Although the City has faced criticism over its hard-handed approach[…]
LOCAL A former Eskom employee has been arrested for electricity billing fraud amounting to R11m. Liesel Maria Wolmarans, 44, appeared in the Gqeberha specialised commercial crime court on Friday after her arrest by the Hawks’ serious commercial crime investigation team. Capt Yolisa Mgolodela, spokesperson for the directorate, said Wolmarans was[…]
LOCAL A 59-year-old former bookkeeper at a shipping company in Laaiplek in the Western Cape has been arrested on numerous financial transgressions to the value of R2.5 million. Police spokesperson Captain Frederick Van Wyk says the provincial Commercial Crime Unit arrested the suspect on charges including fraud, money laundering, theft[…]
Interpol South Africa has arrested James Junior Aliyu (28) who is believed to be part of a cyber-crime ring involved in phishing, internet scams and money laundering. Aliyu was arrested at an upmarket estate in Sandton, Johannesburg, earlier this week following a take-down operation. Gauteng Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says[…]
Detectives from the Organised Crime Unit have raided a residence at Mfuleleni near Khayelitsha as part of ongoing efforts to rid communities of drug dealing that lead to serious violent crime. They seized more than a thousand mandrax tablets as well as fraudulent driver’s licenses purportedly issued in Ghana. Police[…]
Two members of the Hawks were arrested in Klerksdorp on Friday on multiple charges including theft, defeating the ends of justice and possession of suspected stolen property. “The Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation unit in North West, arrested two of their members stationed in Klerksdorp on Friday morning for alleged[…]
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has welcomed the arrest this weekend of five suspects accused of being part of “the enterprise that scammed R5.7 million” from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) meant to provide relief for workers during the coronavirus (Covid-10) lockdown. The five suspects were arrested in Pretoria[…]
The African National Congress (ANC) in Limpopo has made it clear that it will not side with the officials, current and former, who have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the VBS Mutual Bank scandal. It’s reported, however, that the accused allegedly got away with a fraction of the[…]
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