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Thapelo Mogashoa, 36, who works for Department of Home Affairs in Postmasburg, was arrested earlier on Wednesday by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation and faces charges of contravening the prevention and combating of Corrupt Activities Act 12 of 2004.
According to Hawks spokesperson Nomthandazo Mnisi, Mogashoa was reported to the authorities after he demanded a R7,500 bribe from two immigrants that were arrested over invalid documents.
“It is alleged that during June 2019, the complainant was arrested with other illegal immigrants due to invalid documents and he was later released after it was established that his documents were correct.
“The other illegal immigrants were kept in custody as they awaited judgement from Postmasburg Magistrate court.
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When crime is committed and the suspects are arrested, scammers see an opportunity to make money by swindling the family members of the arrested persons. The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation would like to caution the public about the scammers who are purporting to be members of the Hawks.
This is after the family of one of the accused persons arrested by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation members for fraud allegedly paid one hundred thousand rand (R100 000-00) to a person who claimed to be a member of the Hawks.
This bogus Hawks member allegedly contacted the family of the accused person and identified himself as Enos from Serious Corruption Unit in Polokwane and demanded money in order to squash the docket.