SANDF member among people accused of defrauding a woman
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A former SANDF (South African National Defence Force) is said to be among two other suspects linked to a fraud case which led to the victim losing almost R 750 000.
Money that was meant to purchase products that were supposed to be delivered later on after confirmation. Warrant Officer Thandi Tshabalala said that they received a complaint from the victim, Mr Sizolethu Richard Sindane in October 2021 who was a regular customer of a company called Centex Fluid Products Africa (PTY) LTD.
It is said that Sindane used to buy products by sending an email to the company with a list of required products.
The company would package the stock and inform him when they are ready for delivery.
The complainant would then deposit the money through a FNB bank account number and they would deliver the goods.
“It is further alleged that the main suspect in this matter, who is a former SANDF employee, fraudulently accessed an email address of Mr Sindane and he altered the email. The suspect sent an email to Mr Sindane pretending to be Mr Theo Phillipou of Centex Africa using an altered email address informing him that his stock is ready for delivery and he must send the money for payment.”
”Sindane told them that he did pay the money, but the company said that they did not receive it. The suspect told Sindane that they had changed the banking details and that he should use the new bank account number sent to him. Sindane paid the money into the new bank account received by the suspects.”
It was found that the money was deposited into one of the suspect’s personal bank accounts, who is still to be arrested.
Police investigationbconfirmed that the company did not receive the money from Sindane during that time and they positively linked five suspects from Gauteng Province who received the money into their personal bank accounts.
