Hawks crack international fraud syndicate
A Cameroonian man, Cedric Dolphane Djiki, 25, and his Limpopo wife, Marlyn Lethabo Molobela, also 25, will appear in the Polokwane Magistrate Court on Thursday where they will make a formal bid for bail following their arrest last week.
The couple are facing fraud charges after they allegedly defrauded a Venezuelan man for over R180 000. The victim, who is a professional farmer, was looking for a company which could supply him with farming chemicals in the internet when he found Molobela ML Trading, a fake company which posted on their website that they were the specialists in the supply of the products he needed.
Upon contacting them the victim was made to pay the money upfront, which included shipping the products to Venezuela. The man became suspicious when he was told to deposit more money and immediately alerted the Hawks, who wasted no time in investigating the matter.
The bank transaction led them to the arrest of Molobela on February 3. The Hawks did not have to sweat looking for the husband, whom they arrested on February 5 at the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court where he came to support his wife.
The Hawks confiscated fraudulent SARS certificates and other fake documents which were sent to the victim to make the transaction appear genuine. The couple started with their modus operandi in 2012 and Djika’s vehicle, which was bought after the money had started flowing into his wife’s account, has also been confiscated.
Enquiries:
Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi
Cell: 082 373 2408
