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Suspect arrested for allegedly scamming Yeoville residents over R1.6m CoJ bill The suspect allegedly demanded a R10,000 gratification in order to prevent the City of Joburg from cutting water supply at the residential flats. Picture: Supplied
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JOHANNESBURG – A 30-year-old man is expected to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on Friday for fraud, extortion, and corruption allegations involving a R1.6 million municipal water account.
It’s understood the suspect scammed Yeoville residents after he claimed that he was a lawyer and was collecting debt on behalf of the City of Johannesburg.
He allegedly demanded a R10,000 gratification in order to prevent the city from cutting water supply at the residential flats.
Policemen in court for allegedly stealing cash-in-transit loot
Two Hawks police officers have been arrested for allegedly stealing a bag of cash following a cash-in-transit heist in Gauteng.
Two Hawks policemen who allegedly attempted to steal the loot from a cash-in-transit heist have been arrested and are facing charges of theft and defeating the end ends of justice.
Hawks spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale said the two officers were arrested by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation team based in the Vaal Rand.
The two warrant officers, Rapulane Levy Tlholoe, 51, and Ndavheleseni Edward Musetha, 53, who are attached to the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation unit, appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrates Court to face charges of theft and defeating the ends of justice following their arrest on Tuesday.
Malawian man gets six year jail sentence for fake robbery
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Johannesburg - A Malawian was sentenced to six years in prison for opening a false business robbery case at a Johannesburg police station three years ago.
Daniel Mike Banda, 39, had opened a case of business robbery when he told police that he had been accosted by 15 suspects at Lockie’s Plastic, a business based in Turfontein, in the south of Johannesburg.
Last week, the Johannesburg Magistrates Court sentenced Banda to six years imprisonment on a charge of perjury.
Joburg Central police spokesperson Captain Xoli Mbele said the convict had reported a business robbery case which had purportedly taken place in the early hours of Christmas Day in 2018.
Police Corruption Latest: SAPS captain arrested for bribery
An SAPS captain and a traffic officer have been arrested in two separate police corruption stings after attempting to solicit bribes.
Two law enforcement officers have appeared in court after they were arrested during a police sting operation over the Easter weekend the Independent Police Investigative Directorate said on Tuesday.
IPID national spokesperson Ndileka Cola said the joint sting operation of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, the SAPS Anti-Corruption and National Traffic Anti-Corruption had led to the arrest of a 56-year-old captain from the SAPS Johannesburg Public Order Policing for Corruption in Observatory Street in Johannesburg on Monday