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Criminals posing as electricity officials, warns City of Cape Town The City says it has been made aware of some scam incidents in recent weeks. Scammers are apparently posing as City Electricity officials to gain access to residents’ homes in some areas across the metro. The City’s mayoral committee member for energy and climate change, councillor Phindile Maxiti, says the scammers steal personal items when they gain access to the property. In most cases, the scammers target the elderly, Maxiti warns. Criminals dressed in municipal clothing and carrying some form of identification operat...

City of Cape Town warns residents to watch out for fake electricity officials By Staff Reporter Share Cape Town - The City of Cape Town has urged residents to be aware of scammers posing as electricity officials to gain access to their homes, as they have been made aware of scamming incidents over recent weeks. The City said it is aware of scammers who are posing as City Electricity officials to gain access to residents’ homes in some areas across the metro. Criminals are dressed in municipal clothing and carrying some form of identification operate by visiting residents at their homes and...

Watch police raid newsagents in Chatham and Gillingham and find thousands of illegal cigarettes  |  Updated: 15:41, 04 March 2021 A hide containing several thousands untaxed cigarettes was found in the yard of a convenience store. Police raided several shops over two days and seized 123,040 cigarettes and arrested eleven peopled during an operation targetting illicit tobacco sales in Chatham and Gillingham. Police empty the hide found at Payless Convenience Store in Gillingham The raids were carried out in partnership with HM Revenue and Customs, Medway Council, the Home Office and Kent Fi...

State and federal recovery officials urge disaster survivors to watch for and report any suspicious activity or potential fraud.

A 71-year-old Malton pensioner “robbed the NHS” out of more than £54,000 through his illicit cigarette activities, York Crown Court heard. Now Kenneth Reginald Wood could lose his savings, house, car and pension as the authorities bid to recoup the money. Angus MacDonald, prosecuting, said Revenue and Customs officers found 85,500 cigarettes and 112 kilos of rolled tobacco at Wood’s rented storage unit in York. He had not paid £54,126 due in excise duty on them and other tobacco products found in Wood’s house and car. Wood told customs officers he had been selling tobacco ...