Modimolle man denied bail for fraud, corruption and theft
The 46-year-old has been linked to 26 separate cases of fraud, corruption and theft which were committed in the Modimolle policing area between 2014 and 2019.
LIMPOPO – The 46-year-old man from Modimolle was denied bail and his case postponed for further police investigations.
He appeared in the Modimolle District Court on Tuesday, 23 November in connection with a series of fraud, corruption and theft cases which were committed between 2014 and 2019, according to Police Spokesperson, Col Moatshe Ngoepe.
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The man was initially arrested in 2015 and was later granted bail of R1 000 by the Modimolle Magistrate’s Court. He thereafter failed to appear in court and a warrant of arrest was issued until he was re-arrested earlier this month. “The detectives jointly with the Crime Intelligence Unit in Modimolle, received a tip-off about his whereabouts and followed up. He was arrested at Makapanstad in Gauteng on Sunday, 15 November.”
The suspect in the matter, is believed to be the owner of a second-hand motor dealership in Modimolle. In one of his fraudulent dealings, the suspect allegedly accepted a sedan motor vehicle from the complainant, as a trade in on 20 March 2014.
A contract was signed that the dealership would settle the outstanding amount at the bank but that was not done and the complainant had to later pay two months’ installments for both vehicles. More incidents were reported against the accused between 2014 and 2019. These resulted in 19 vehicles being seized by financial institutions from various dealerships where most of the complainants reported that they never received the vehicles that they had paid for at the said dealership. Others reported that they had traded their vehicles in for other vehicles but the outstanding money had not been settled with the relevant banks.
As a result most complainants were forced to pay the banks for the vehicles they had purchased and for the vehicles they used as trade-ins.
The accused is set to re-appear in the same court on Thursday, 26 November for formal bail application.
