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Media Statement POLOKWANE – The Provincial Commercial Crime Investigation Unit members have apprehended two suspects, a male and female, aged 30 and 47, for fraud charges emanating from an alleged cryptocurrency Bitcoin scam. The two, namely Mpho Dagada (30) and Ramogale Emily Rabokale (47), have appeared in the Polokwane Specialized Crime Court, on Friday 29 November 2024, and they were remanded in custody until Monday 02 December 2024, for a formal bail application. It is reported that the two were accomplices to Sebasa Mogale, who was working at one of the SABC radio stations and they advertised the alleged scam called “Mining City” on the radio. Explaining how people can become rich by investing money into the Mining City packages, which the investors would get rewarded for based on how much they invested. On the said radio advert, listeners were informed to visit his office, along Landros Mare Street in Polokwane, to attend the session where he and two other people will be presenting in the seminar. Several people attended the advertised session, and brochures were distributed among them, which indicated different packages for investment. The attendees believed in the advertised scam, the reasons being he is Mr Sebasa Mogale, the radio presenter. They gave them reference numbers to individually deposit the money into the Standard Bank account belonging to the Bitcoin trader. The alleged packages varied from R6,500 to R253,000 with estimated pay-outs. Community members were promised returns if they invested in the Mining City scam. People who had attended the seminar started depositing money into the bank account, and they were given instructions to return to the office. At the office, the investors were given email addresses and log-in details for them to have access to their invested money. However, the investors were told to wait for a period of six months before they were able to make withdrawals from their benefits so that they could accrue bigger financial rewards. Apparently, the problem started when the victims tried to withdraw their money. That’s when they realized that the details given to them were blocked. When victims questioned Sebasa Mogale telephonically about their investment, he told them that the Mining City scam had collapsed due to the inflation rate. It meant that the said investors have lost their money in the scam. The frustrated investors went back to the office, where they then discovered that the premise was closed. Around May 2022, over 10 case dockets were registered against the suspects at Polokwane and Mokopane police stations in Limpopo. Police investigations are underway. Ends
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