Bank fraudster granted bail
A 28-year-old woman, believed to be an employee at a bank in Kamaqhekeza, Mpumalanga, is expected to appear again in the Nkomazi Magistrates’ Courton on July 2, facing a fraud charge.
This after a 64-year-old man reported a case of fraud at Tonga Police Station over the weekend. Police said the victim alleged he went to the bank to make a notice on his investment, and he was told a notice was made on April 29, Mpumalanga News reported.
She appeared in the court on Monday where she was granted bail of R5 000.
“According to the victim, an undisclosed amount of cash is said to have been transferred to a certain account in another bank. He then went to report the matter to the police, and a case of fraud was opened. Investigations led to the arrest of the suspect,” said Tonga police Lieutenant Mzwandile Nyambi.
Station commander Brigadier Velisiwe Mdaka said: “We appeal to the community to always check their bank accounts, as we are receiving many cases of fraud lately. I also thanked the bank manager, who worked with the police in making the investigation successful.”
In a separate incident, a Gaborone Magistrates’ Court in Botswana granted bail to a Nigerian national accused of swindling First National Bank.
According to Botswana’s Mmegi newspaper, the Broadhurst magistrate, Taboka Slave, said the prosecution failed to justify why Chukwuma Ezekannagha might abscond from scheduled court appearances.
Slave said the court had not been convinced that Ezekannagha could influence investigations if granted bail. He faces a single count of obtaining proparty by false pretences.
Ezekannagha was granted Pula 100 000 (about R121 867) bail with conditions.
– Caxton News Service
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