Bank employee in the dock for alleged fraud
Police are urging all citizens to take more responsibility as far as their own bank accounts are concerned.
mnr. Stephan du Plessis.
TONGA – This follows the court appearance of a 28-year-old female bank employee on Friday June 5,who appeared in the Tonga Magistrate’s Court on a charge of fraud.
Her court appearance came after a 64-year-old African male had reported a case of fraud at the local police station.
The victim alleged that he had gone to the bank to submit a notice on his investment and he was told that one had already been submitted on May 29, 2015, and an undisclosed amount of cash had been transferred to a certain account in another bank.
He then reported the matter to the police, and investigations led to the arrest of the suspect.
The suspect was granted R5 000 bail, and she is expected back in court on July 2.
Tonga Police Station commander Brig Velisiwe Mdaka appealed to community members to regularly check their bank accounts.
“We are receiving many cases of fraud at the Tonga Police Station,” Mdaka said.
She furthermore thanked the bank manager who had fully co-operated and worked with the police to effect the arrest.
