Hawks members from Durban Commercial Crime Unit in KwaZulu-Natal have arrested Kingo Ngbanda Koto (36) for alleged fraud on 21 August 2018 at Berea area, Durban.
Koto allegedly befriended the victim on 11 August 2018, he contacted the victim and asked to meet him opposite the stadium. Koto informed the victim that there is a flight that is on its way from DRC and it is carrying computers as well as his money.
He informed the victim that he needed R5000.00 to pay Customs upon which the victim paid him R5000.00. On Monday, 13 August 2018, Koto contacted the victim again and asked him to meet him in Durban. He informed the victim that he needed R26 000.00 more to release the package from customs. The victim paid him R26000.00 in cash.
On Sunday afternoon the suspect allegedly met with the complainant again, this time at the complainant’s office, he had in his possession a box containing a gadget, he then plugged the said gadget into an electrical socket and fed apparent fake bank notes which reportedly turned into what seemed like real banknotes amounting to approximately R1700.00 (in denominations of R100.00 notes).
He informed the victim that he can make more genuine money by converting the fake notes money but he needed R230 000.00 more for airtime.
The victim then contacted the police for assistance and Koto was arrested. He appeared in the Durban Specialised Commercial Crime Court today, 22 August 2018 and he was remanded in custody. The case was postponed to 29 August 2018.
The Hawks would like to urge anyone who has fallen victim to this crime to contact Captain Ajith Jaganath at 071 481 2631.
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