Members of the Hawks Serious Corruption Investigation Middelburg and Nelspruit acted swiftly after receiving information about the victims who were robbed approximately R26 000-00 by scammers promising them employment. An intelligence driven investigation led to the arrest of two suspects aged between 28 and 41 on Wednesday, 25 November 2020 for fraud and money laundering.
It is alleged that the victims saw an advertisement for employment and they applied by sending their Curriculum Vitae as required. The victims were called and informed that they were hired and had to send money for cold drink into the bank account numbers given to them. They were ordered to pay the amount of between R500-00 and R3 500.00 per person.
They were promised that if they send the money, they will not attend interviews instead they will resume with duties immediately.
Deposits were made but the suspects started ignoring their calls. They tried all means to locate them without a success until they decided to report the matter to the police. The investigation was handed over to the Hawks who diligently investigated further and arrested the suspects.
The two suspects, a male and a female were detained and are expected to appear before the Middelburg Magistrate Court on Thursday, 26 November 2020.
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