A former police crime intelligence operative and his female accomplice were granted a bail of R2 000 each when they appeared for fraud in the Tzaneen Magistrate on Monday.
The case against, Jack Mathiba (40), a former police officer attached to Seshego Police Station and his female accomplice, Doreen Thamaga (28) from Polokwane was postponed to December 4, pending further investigations.
They were arrested in Tzaneen on October 18, for attempting to steal more than R1,2 million from a Cape Town businessman’s account.
According to the police spokesperson, Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi, the two suspects accompanied by another unknown male suspect, approached the manager of a known banking institution in Tzaneen with the aim to transfer more than R1,2 million to two different accounts.
The lady suspect was in possession of the account holders fake identity document claiming that she had signing powers.
“Unbeknown to the suspects,
the manager contacted the account holder who informed him that it was fraudulent transaction.
The police were contacted immediately and the two suspects were apprehended at the scene,” said Mulaudzi.
The third suspect escaped arrest and is still at large.
