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The City of Johannesburg is warning residents of sophisticated scams targeting property owners. The City of Johannesburg has issued an urgent public warning to residents and property owners following an escalation in sophisticated fraudulent schemes targeting municipal account holders. Scammers impersonating City of Johannesburg, Johannesburg Water, and City Power officials or contractors are approaching residents …
The Joburg Property Company (JPC) welcomes the arrest of Mr Petrus Jacobus Viljoen in connection with allegations relating to the fraudulent transfer and sale of City of Joburgowned properties. The arrest, effected by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (HAWKS), marks a significant development in a matter that has remained under investigation for more than …
The City of Joburg Property Company has discovered several City-owned properties that were fraudulently transferred to other individuals without their knowledge or consent. The case was first identified by the City of Joburg’s GIS Department where they track and verify all properties that are transferred so that they can update the City’s billing system to …
GAUTENG – The Hawks’ Serious Corruption Crime unit has arrested former City of Johannesburg Municipal Councillor, Daniel Bovu (45) and his accomplice Isaac Mhlongo (47) for alleged fraud and theft on Wednesday, 17 January 2018. It is alleged that in 2006, both accused were trustees for Thembelihle Development Trust Fund (TDTF) whilst Bovu was still …
Eight employees of the City of Joburg and one other suspect have been arrested by the Hawks Commercial Crimes unit members in Gauteng for theft and fraud on Friday morning. The suspects allegedly created fraudulent letters demanding outstanding refunds from the City of Joburg. The letters were created on law firms letterheads and were made …
Two Joburg housing officials along with two accomplices have been arrested on charges of fraud and corruption linked to a syndicate involving land and RDP houses. They have appeared in court and were released on R5000 bail each. The case has been postponed to 11 April 2017. A syndicate working in collusion with the Department …
The City of Johannesburg is making inroads in rooting out corrupt officials. The latest sting saw six more employees arrested for fraud and corruption, which resulted in a loss of over R4 million. They are accused of having colluded with individuals by removing outstanding traffic fines from the system in order to renew driver’s licences …
Law enforcement agencies have seized counterfeit goods with an estimated value of R60 million at shops in Johannesburg’s central business district. During a joint operation conducted by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime unit, South African Police Service, Department of Home Affairs, customs and SARS on Tuesday, authorities searched 120 shops at the Quebec Building. “…they …
Email Fraud Alert received from: Hapana I recently received an email with this subject line: Request for Quotation and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please. The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below: …
