Ivory Park police opens a case of fraud against former tenant
According to the Ivory Park SAPS communication officer, Captain Bernard Matimulane, the 71-year old woman alleged that she was called to a meeting by a councilor and the new owner who, the complainant was adamant, had forged her signature.
An Ekurhuleni woman has opened a case of fraud at the Ivory Park SAPS after she discovered that her signature was forged and her stand in Ivory Park’s Extension Two taken away from her by her former tenant.
According to the Ivory Park SAPS communication officer Captain Bernard Matimulane, the 71-year-old woman alleged that she was called to a meeting by a councillor and the new owner who, the complainant was adamant, had forged her signature.
“The new occupant of the stand used to be the old woman’s tenant. She is adamant that the person claiming ownership of her stand had her signature forged and she has never at any stage sold her stand. Upon her arrival at the councillor’s office, the complainant was apparently given papers serving as “proof” that she had sold her stand to the said buyer. That was when she noticed that her signature had been forged and the police stamp had not legible details of the commissioner of oath. There was no service number and the rank of the police officer,” said Capt Matimulane.
“A case of fraud has been opened and the Ivory Park SAPS are determined to get to the bottom of the matter, including to establish from the buyer, when exactly did the old woman sell her the house. And if it is found that fraud has been committed the law will have to take its course.”
