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2 Blue Downs petrol attendants sentenced for fraud

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2 Blue Downs petrol attendants sentenced for fraud
2 Blue Downs petrol attendants sentenced for fraud

Thembalethu Jamani (33) and Xolani Mbangi (28) who worked as petrol attendants at Sasol garage in Blue Downs, Cape Town were sentenced by the Blue Downs Magistrates Court for card fraud.

During July 2018 they colluded and poured fuel for cash paying customers using cloned bank cards. This resulted in the pair unduly pocketing about R6 390 in cash.

The pair was respectively sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment wholly suspended for five years on condition that they are not convicted for fraud during the period of suspension.

Additionally, they were both declared unfit to possess a firearm.

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