The Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team has re-arrested a “real estate agent” who has been on the run for months.
Hawks spokesperson Captain Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi said the estate agent was found hiding in Boksburg where she was re-arrested on Monday, 26 April.
ESTATE AGENT FAILED TO SHOW UP IN COURT
Police launched a manhunt to find Annica Van Staden, 46, after she failed to appear in court last year.
“Van Staden who was initially arrested in Protea Glen, Soweto in August 2019, for fraud was released on bail. Her bail was postponed to 11 November 2020 but she evaded court,” said Sekgotodi.
Unfortunately for the estate agent, community members reported her hiding place.
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Annica van Staden failed to appear in court last year.
She allegedly defrauded people of more than R3 million in various scams.
Multiple fraud-accused Annica van Staden, who evaded her initial court case, has reappeared, facing even more charges.
Annica van Staden, 46, who was out on bail for illegally selling RDP houses, vehicles and shipping containers, was rearrested on Monday.
Van Staden was arrested at her hideout in Boksburg after a warrant of arrest was issued.
The Hawks pounced on Van Staden, who had her bags packed and was ready to flee again.
Mpumalanga Hawks spokesperson, Captain Dineo Sekgotodi, said Van Staden appeared in the Middelburg Magistrate s Court on Wednesday.
R10K bail for accountant who allegedly stole R1.5m from Barberton mine
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Johannesburg - The assistant financial accountant who allegedly defrauded a mine in Barberton to the tune of R1.5 million has been released on R10 000 bail at the Barberton Magistrateâs Court.
Nontobeko Precious Magongo, 46, was arrested on Monday after the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team for fraud and theft used an arrest warrant to warn her and her alleged accomplice to appear in court on Monday.
Her accomplice, who worked at the same mine as a financial administrator, failed to appear in court and is out-at-large.
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The case against Mohasoa Moleboheng (29), Innocent Kompi (31) and Napo Mahasoa (33) has been postponed to February 22 for sentencing.
Free State Hawks spokesperson, Christopher Singo, says Moleboheng, a former police official, and his co-accused were found guilty of kidnapping and attempted drug dealing.
âTheir conviction emanates from an incident which took place in November 2016, where the trio coerced their victim to assist them in manufacturing drugs. The victim, a chemistry student at the University of Free State, later reported the matter to the police after he escaped from the house where he had been kept against his will,â says Singo.