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Bank teller arrested for defrauding pensioners

UITENHAGE.- A 35-year-old woman was arrested following a month long investigation allegedly linking her to several incidents of fraud and theft which occurred between August 2019 and May this year.

The woman was arrested at her house in Rosedale, Uitenhage on Monday, 22 June.

The investigative work conducted by the Uitenhage Cluster Commercial Crimes task team and Forensic investigators.

“It is further alleged that the suspect targeted bank accounts of elderly people who were mostly pensioners.  A case was opened after bank authorities became suspicious of improper transactions from several customers’ accounts,” Eastern Cape police spokesperson Sergeant Majola Nkohli said in a statement.

The woman was granted R600 bail and will make her first court appearance on Wednesday, 1 July in Uitenhage.  The suspect faces 25 counts of fraud and 6 counts of theft.

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