Hawks nab bank employee for defrauding customer
The Hawks arrested a bank employee on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding a bank client of over a million rand.
Hawks spokesperson Matimba Maluleke says the 47-year-old consultant was employed by Standard Bank in Musina.
"She allegedly invaded a client’s bank account early this month and fraudulently transferred sums of money into different fictitious accounts, where her fellow syndicate members would then allegedly make withdrawals.”
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Maluke says the suspect replicated bank cards to access the money.
"The Hawks’ investigation thus far has uncovered that the consultant allegedly authorized replicated bank cards with a valid pin code on the victim’s account to enable the looting to appear as if it was the client’s transactions.
The suspect is likely to face charges of fraud‚ money laundering and contraventions of Electronic Communications and Transactions Act,” Maluleke says.
The Hawks says more arrests are like to follow.
The suspect is expected to appear in the Musina Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.