A 48 year old man accused of defrauding his victims through an online dating scam is expected to appear at the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on 29 July 2019, for alleged fraud and money laundering.
The suspect who allegedly scammed people out of millions of rands, was arrested last week Friday, 26 July 2019, following in a joint operation by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).
It is alleged that the suspect lured mostly USA based victims from a dating site. After building a certain level of trust the victims were tricked into paying the suspect for apparent business related challenges in the guise that the money was going to be paid back.
The Hawks and the FBI linked the suspect to over R4.1 million transferred to a South African based company owned by the suspect.
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