The bail application of a mother of a two-month-old baby, who was arrested in connection with a global fraud scam on 20 May has been postponed to 12 June.
The mother, Rhulane Fiona Hlungwane (23) from Waverley, was arrested along with eight other men from Pretoria and one from Nelspruit. The ten suspects briefly appeared in court on Wednesday afternoon but the bail application was postponed until 12, 24 and 25 June.
According to Peter Jay, their attorney, bail was postponed because the investigating officer has not yet completed his investigation and their citizenship has not been verified as of yet.
The operation was a joint effort between the South African Police Service and US Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) who investigated the scam and arrested the group.
A total of 24 people were arrested in South Africa, Canada, California, Georgia, Wisconsin, Indiana, New York and South Carolina for this global scam.
The joint operation to arrest this syndicate came after eight-count federal indictment was filled in the United States charging 18 people with wire fraud, bank fraud, access device, mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, theft of government money and money laundering.
The suspects enriched themselves with illegally obtained money. According to information received investigators confiscated computers, laptops, cell phones, notebooks and documents, which will be handed over to the HSI for further investigations.
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