LIMPOPO – A continuous painstaking investigation by the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Unvestigation unit led to the arrest of the fifth suspect (28) for attempted fraud on the Royal Bafokeng Trust account on Friday, 21 September 2018.
This is according to provincial spokesperson, Captain Matimba Maluleke.
“The suspect, who is an ABSA bank official at the Piet Retief branch, is believed to be part of the syndicate which attempted to defraud ABSA bank of over R100 million from Royal Bafokeng Trust account in July this year,” he said.
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Three suspects were previously arrested at the Burgersfort ABSA bank after they allegedly approached a consultant and requested her to assist them to open a fraudulent account where the R100 million was to be transferred.
“The trio has since appeared at the Praktiseer District Court and one suspect was granted R3000 bail whilst the other two were remanded in custody till 4 October 2018.”
The fourth suspect, believed to be the mastermind, was arrested on 28 August 2018 at his home in Alexandra following an intensive investigation by the Hawks Commercial Investigation unit and has since appeared in the Prakstiseer District Court on 29 August 2018. He was granted R3000 bail as well and will next appear on 4 October 2018.
