47 years old woman scammed of over R 600k of her pension money
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A fraud and corruption case against a woman and her company has been postponed to October 25th, for legal representation.
W/O Amogelang Malwetse said that the 37 years old Caroline Diana Serufusa and her company TNH Collection and General Trading (Pty) LTD were linked to the case when the 47 years old victim who was allegedly dating a certain Nigerian man known to her as Chris in June 2023 who advised her to resign from her work and give him her pension money.
This is said to have occurred with just few weeks of them dating.
“The victim allegedly complied, and in July 2023, she received a pension payout of R634 169-04, which she informed Chris about. Reports indicate that Chris went to the victim’s house in Jouberton township and asked for her banking app login details, which he used to transfer an amount of R610 000-00 into the account unknown to the complainant and that was the last time she saw him.”
“The matter was referred to the Klerksdorp-based Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation Unit for further investigation. An investigation revealed that the money was transferred to Serufusa’s company.”
Serufusa was arrested on October 7th in Johannesburg and was later released on R 8000.00 bail after making a brief court appearance.
