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21 November 2016: As the festive season draws near, cybercriminals will pull out all the tricks in the book to try and cheat consumers out of their hard earned cash. “Cybercrime is becoming increasingly sophisticated with fraudsters constantly finding new ways of carrying out their unlawful conduct, especially during busy periods like the festive season. …
East London – A South African Police Service (SAPS) warrant officer and the owner of an East London-based gearbox repair business were arrested on Friday and appeared in the Zwelitsha Magistrate’s Court on fraud charges, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) said. It was alleged that during June 2013 the warrant officer, who was …
A 29-year-old man is due to appear today in the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court facing charges of alleged fraud. He was arrested yesterday after he allegedly tried to defraud a clothing shop at the mall. On 16 November 2016 during the day, the suspect went to a clothing shop at the mall where he wanted to …
Pretoria – Three Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) students are set to appear at before the Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Pretoria on Thursday for corruption. The students were arrested on Tuesday after demanding a bribe from a security company contracted to the company. “The suspects, one of whom is a serving member of the …
Potchefstroom: The Rustenburg Cluster Intervention Team as well as detectives’ Organised and Commercial Crime Units nabbed six suspects aged between 20 and 22 on Tuesday, 15 November 2016 in the Rustenburg Central Business District (CBD). The arrest of the suspects, (two Nigerian nationals, a South African and three Lesotho nationals) came after two of them …
Pretoria – A forensic investigator on Monday lifted the lid on a scam that saw a doctor allegedly defrauding the Department of Labour’s compensation fund of almost R400 000. The fund provides compensation for disablement caused by occupational injuries or diseases sustained or contracted by employees in the course of their work, among others. Dr …
CyberRein announced the launch of Assayer, a next generation cyber-fraud software. Targeted at banks, Assayer uniquely stops criminals deceiving a bank’s existing defences. Assayer is set to transform cyber-fraud prevention. Banks existing defences prevent impersonation allowing criminals time to learn how to deceive and plan an attack. Assayer takes away this time, meaning criminals no-longer …
London – An online dating fraudster who posed as a spy and a shipping magnate to swindle single women out of £105,000 (close to R1,9m) was jailed for more than five years on Monday. Zac Langley, 41, signed up to dating website Plenty of Fish and pretended to be a variety of exciting characters to …
Namibia’s national carrier, Air Namibia, has sat for more than two years on a damning forensic audit report that accuses one of its top executives of fraud, dishonesty, accepting expensive gifts from a company doing business with the airline and violating Namibia’s anti-corruption laws. Among other things the airline’s current marketing manager, Willem “Wimpie” van …
Many critics of the presidential election are partly blaming false information and fake news stories propagated on Google and Facebook for influencing the outcome. While some Facebook employees share this concern, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has largely dismissed the notion that fake news on Facebook contributed to Trump’s victory. Despite this, both Google and Facebook …
Pretoria – Police Minister Nathi Nhleko has set the record straight on a Facebook account that purports to be that of the Minister. The Facebook account is under Minister Nhleko’s full names, Nkosinathi Nhleko, and even features the Minister’s individual pictures and those taken with members of the South Africa Police Service (SAPS). “I wish …
Pretoria – A Hawks investigation has led to the arrest of a suspect and seizure of almost R5.3 million in cash. The Hawks also recovered several ID documents during the operation in Belhar, in Cape Town, on Monday. The suspect (33), who was arrested, is allegedly running an illicit licensing and police clearance operation. Acting …
The former chief financial officer of Autonomy – the company that HP acquired for $11-billion in 2011 – has been indicted in the US on felony fraud charges. Federal prosecutors claim that Sushovan Hussain and others were involved in a fraudulent scheme to “deceive purchasers and sellers of Autonomy securities and HP about the true …
Just as we invest in personal security and keep our wits about us in the physical world, so too must we be alert to threats online, says Gerhard Oosthuizen, the chief information officer at Entersekt. Protecting ourselves online doesn’t require huge investments of time or money, he says. But we do need to apply a …
Henry Louis Fourie Schreuder was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment. The disgraced businessman was found guilty on 779 counts of fraud amounting to R70.6-million Until 10 November 2016 Henry Louis Fourie Schreuder, 54, the ex-financial director of Floorworx Africa, was a free man. Then came these words by magistrate Twanet Olivier: “Mr Schreuder without further …
The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has laid criminal charges against eight employees for corruption, theft and fraud, but the cost to the development financier has not been disclosed. “Since 2009, 21 … employees were involved either in corruption, theft or fraud,” said IDC spokesman Mandla Mpangase. “The IDC has laid criminal charges against employees who …
A STERN warning is being sent to the public to be on high alert when buying cars and goods online from strangers. The warning was issued after a man in Tongaat was defrauded of R20 000 by a female con artist who promised to sell him a new car last week. According to the information …
Said Osmani from Boksburg was arrested on September 25, 2008 on charges of fraud after an investigation was done from the casino’s side. Since 2008 the case has been an on going matter but prosecutor Friddah Tshwane was not going to let this case slide under the mat. Osmani pleaded not guilty in 2012 to …
Some insurance companies give application forms only a cursory glance, and put innocent motorists at risk by failing to check the identities of customers who apply for car cover. That allows fraudsters to offer insurance that looks good on paper – but will never pay out. The policies are being taken out by unscrupulous British …
On Friday, 11 November 2016, at about 14:00, Ethekwini Inner South Cluster Task Team tackled two suspects with 156 bottles of counterfeit liquor at the Unit 9 Shopping Centre in Chatsworth. The Task Team reacted swiftly after receiving information from a reliable source that a white Ford Ranger is transporting liquor which is illicit. The …