Durban fraudster convicted for Port Shepstone case
Sathialall was also declared unfit to possess a firearm.
Tyson Jermaine Sathialall who had initially failed to appear in the Port Shepstone Magistrate’s Court on a charge of fraud, has finally been convicted.
According to Port Shepstone police spokesperson, Captain Petros Mpinge, Sathialall was convicted and sentenced in the Port Shepstone Regional Court to a fine of R10 000 or six months’ imprisonment and three years imprisonment wholly suspended for five years on condition that he is not found guilty of an offence in which dishonesty is an element during the period of suspension.
Mpinge said Sathialall was also declared unfit to possess a firearm.
“In October 2021, a local resident met an online buyer on Facebook who was interested in his Opel Corsa vehicle. On further communication, it was agreed that he would swop his vehicle for a Nissan NP 200. The buyer and seller met and documents were signed and exchanged. The new buyer of the Nissan decided to check the vehicle registration particulars since he no longer wanted the bakkie. It was then discovered that it had been stolen in Umlazi. The vehicle registration documents were fraudulent as well. The new owner of the Opel Corsa then sold the vehicle to a dealership in Phoenix where it was recovered by police after the complainant opened a case,” said Mpinge.
He added that Sathialall who hails from Phoenix was circulated in the media after a warrant of arrest had been issued, saying that after realising that police were hot on his heels, he handed himself in.
“This is not the end for Sathialall as he is facing a number of other charges for cases in Bellair and Verulam for which he has yet to appear. The investigating officer in this matter was Detective Warrant Officer Muzi Malinga of Port Shepstone Detective Service,” said Mpinge.
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