Global fraud scam: 20 evicted
Nearly 20 illegal occupants have been evicted by the Hawks on Tuesday morning in Theresa Park.
The Hawks pounced on four houses on Tuesday morning that were illegally occupied by foreign nationals.
Three of the four houses are in Theresa Park in the north of Pretoria and the other one in Sandton.
Captain Paul Ramaloko, spokesperson for the Hawks, said police began evicting more than 20 illegal occupants by 06:00 on Tuesday.
“These four properties were occupied by 10 foreign nationals, including a South African mother of a three-month-old baby, who were arrested in connection with a global fraud scam earlier this year.”
The fraudsters had been subletting the houses to other nationals and since their arrest in May police had been battling to evict the current occupants.
“We have served them with a notice of eviction. They were allowed to remove their personal belongings from the property but are no longer allowed onto the premises,” Ramaloko said.
He said no arrests were made and the illegal occupants were not implicated in the global fraud scam.
The arrest of the 10 people in South Africa formed part of a joint operation between the SA Police Service and the US Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to arrest the syndicate.
A total of 18 people have been charged in the United States with wire fraud, bank fraud, access device, mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, theft of government money and money laundering.
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