JUST IN: Fraudster uses JMPD worker’s payslip to buy cell phone

She used a fake ID and a payslip that belonged to a female admin worker of JMPD.

October 17, 2016

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A 36-year-old woman was arrested at the Greenstone Mall at about 3.30pm today when it was discovered that she purchased a cellphone at the Vodacom shop using a fake ID book and a payslip that belonged to a female admin worker of Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD).

“Officers quickly responded after getting a call from the Vodacom forensics team. The female suspect is likely to appear in the Cleveland Magistrate’s Court tomorrow to face a charges of fraud,” said Wayne Minnaar from JMPD.

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October 17, 2016

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Marietta Lombard

Editor-in-Chief of Caxton Joburg Metro with 26 years' experience in the community newspaper industry. I serve as Gauteng Director and deputy executive director of the Forum of Community Journalists and I am a press representative of the Press Council SA.