KABOKWENI – A 40-year-old man appeared in the local magistrate’s court for fraud after he was found selling fake IDs and birth certificates.
Mr Jeffery Mathumbu was caught after he sold an ID to an immigrant. The man went to the police station to certify copies of the document, where it was discovered that they were falsified.
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SAPS visited Mathumbu at his home and found 22 fraudulent IDs, which led to his arrest. Allegedly he targeted foreigners, selling a document for R2 200.
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The spokesperson of KaBokweni police, Capt Shirley Ngomane, said there will be more arrests as the investigation is under way. She said Mathumbu’s business might be connected to the Department of Home Affairs.
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“The investigation is still on, but we are expecting more arrests as we want to go deeper and find out whether Mathumbu has a machine to manufacture the IDs and certificates or if he is working with officials within home affairs,” Ngomane said.
