A Congolese national appeared in Witbank Magistrate’s Court last week facing charges of fraud and possession of an illegal point of sale device (POS).
The 35-year-old Patrick Kananga Mukandila was arrested in November last year.
He has since appeared in court on numerous occasions including his most recent appearance where he was remanded in custody.
The matter is postponed to August 28 because his attorney was absent due to illness.
Mukandila cannot be deported to Congo until after his sentence, only then will the court decide whether he should be deported or not.
Mukandila was employed at a well-known fast food outlet in eMalahleni.
He delivered food to customer’s homes using a motorcycle.
During November, the bank manager allegedly received a lot of complaints from the clients about extra charges debited from their bank accounts after paying for their orders on the speed point provided by the delivery man.
The Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation resulted in the arrest of Mukandila following an intelligence-driven operation where he was stopped while on his way to deliver food to clients in the area.
A POS card skimming device was found in his possession.
The team proceeded to his house where a stolen bank card, external hard drives, laptop, three computer towers, memory sticks, two cell phones, slips and a substantial amount of cash were found.
All items were seized for further investigation
