Police are still searching for the son of notorious paedophile Gert van Rooyen.
Wonderboompoort police have been looking for Gerhard van Rooyen since July in connection with a number of fraud cases.
Police spokesperson Constable Mandlakayise Zwane said on Monday Gerhard went by an alias, Gerrit Cornelius van Rhyn.
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Zwane said that in March 2013 Gerhard advertised a house to let in newspapers and on Facebook.
“He would leave his details for people to contact him. And once they did, he would ask them to deposit money into an account or use Money Market,” Zwane said.
“To cover his tracks, he would make sure that the money is deposited into an associate’s account, before disappearing without trace.”
Zwane said in other cases Gerhard would advertise that he was selling a car and request those interested to deposit cash into his friend’s account. Once the money was deposited, he would disappear.
“In 2013 he asked a resident to deposit R12 000 into his wife Elana Goes’ account,” Zwane said.
“In another case he pretended to be selling a car and a lady from Klerksdorp deposited R30 000 into one of his bogus accounts.”
Zwane said Gerhard was arrested in March in the Western Cape. He was released on R8 000 bail on condition that he reported to the Villieria police every Wednesday, to never commit similar offences, and to never leave Gauteng without notifying the Villieria police or the court.
Zwane said that Gerhard had since been on the run and continued to commit a string of crimes.
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Residents were warned not to be duped into such scams.
Anyone who may know his whereabouts must please contact Detective Warrant Officer Lourens Lemmer at 081 531 3785, 012 335 2818 or 08600 10111.
Gert van Rooyen and his female companion, Joey Haarhoff, are believed to be responsible for the abduction, sexual assault and murder of several missing girls across the country in the 1980s.
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