City Power warns residents of criminals pretending to be its employees
There are criminals roaming the streets of Johannesburg masquerading as City Power employees.
CITY POWER is aware of an impostor who allegedly goes around robbing residents of Johannesburg by claiming to be a City Power employee.
BEWARE: We are aware of this imposter who goes around robbing residents of Johannesburg by claiming to be a City Power employee. In a recent incident he presented himself as a Sifiso Kumalo a “meter reader”, assaulted a customer before stealing a car, computers and jewelry. pic.twitter.com/0kqISGVACr
— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) February 26, 2019
In a recent incident, he allegedly presented himself to a customer as a “meter reader” with a City Power card with the name of Sifiso Khumalo. He then allegedly assaulted a customer before stealing her son’s car as well as computers, jewellery and a cellphone.
The person in the picture (right) is neither a City Power employee nor a contractor at City Power. The card he is holding is fake. City Power would like to assure residents that the name Acumen Software that appears on the card is a company of good reputation. It has no relations with the alleged criminal activities of the person appearing in the picture. Acumen Software is a service provider of note and good character that provides software services to City Power and does not do fieldwork such as going into customer’s homes. Acumen Software does not know this person in the picture, neither does he work for the group. City Power has referred this matter to Group Forensic Investigative Services (GFIS) of the City of Johannesburg for further investigations.
City Power is warning residents not to allow any person, technician or contractor onto their property without first verifying credentials with City Power’s Security Risk Control Unit on 011 490 7911, 011 490 7553 or 011 490 7900 or by contacting the Metering Call Centre number on 011 490 7484. Residents are also encouraged to contact their nearest police station.
How to identify City Power technicians
City Power employees and contractors will have a City Power identity card. The card will be colour coded for specific sections within City Power. For example, the colour blue is for permanent employees.
The card will display a photo of the specific employee or contractor carrying a card, their name, identification number and expiry date. A hologram of the firefly appears on the card as well.
Report any damaged cards, including scratched or invisible photos, names and numbers immediately to City Power Security Risk Control numbers mentioned above.
Security Risk Control numbers appear on the back of the identification card.
City Power has become aware of imposters and fraudsters who seek to rob the community by producing fake Identification Cards claiming to be City Power employees. @CityofJoburgZA pic.twitter.com/it0LPyGfmk
— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) August 25, 2018
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