NELSPRUIT – Two men suspected of being in a syndicate tried to defraud two Vodashops today. According to Bossies Community Justice Mr Jacques Meiring it was thanks to a vigilant shop assistant at Ilanga mall that one suspect was arrested.
He said she hit the alarm when she noticed something strange on the ID presented to her by the suspect when he applied for two contracts valued at nearly R15000.
The arrest was made by Hi-tech guards and Bossies Community Justice.
Meiring said what was frightening was that the suspect knew all the details of the original owner of the identity document. “He even had the cellphone number of the man whose identity it really was.”
He said the picture had been changed to the suspects but all the other details was the original owner of the document.
A second case was reported shortly after the first incident happened but this time at a Vodashop near Absa Square.
“The suspect ran on foot when he suspected they had phoned police, but we are out looking for him. “
Meiring added if anybody knew of the suspect in the black and white photo to please contact him on 082 5675212.
