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Media Statement PRETORIA – A 44-year-old suspect is expected to appear before the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court today, 07 March 2025 for allegation of money laundering and fraud. This comes after the suspect was arrested on Thursday, 06 March 2025, by members of the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation in Pretoria. During June 2023, the victim opened a case of fraud after she was defrauded an amount of R365 000 and a Toyota Fortuner. It is alleged that the victim was romantically involved with a Congolese National during the time of incident. The suspect who is still at large pretended to be a businessman and he kept borrowing money from the victim under the pretence that he is going to release goods shipped from different countries by allegedly presenting fraudulent documents. It is reported that the victim withdrew all her savings and deposited the funds into various bank accounts provided by the suspect of which one of the account belonged to the 44 year old suspect. It is further alleged that the victim was made to sell her car and the money was also handed over to her partner. Meanwhile the partner’s victim and the other suspects who received the fraudulent money from their bank accounts are still at large.
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