NORTHERN CAPE – The Hawk’s Serious Commercial Crime Investigating team arrested a 42-year-old suspect in Limpopo on Thursday, 2 July 2022 for alleged fraud.
It is alleged that on 14 May 2019, the complainant received an email purporting to be from the Department of Transport, Safety and Liaison requesting a quote for the supply of 400 cutting discs. The complainant further alleges that another email followed also purporting to be from the same government department with a suggested company name called “EL- Shan Trading” that will assist him with the supply of cutting discs, where he paid an amount of R133 572, 81.
A few days later, he enquired about the said company and the Department denied to have had such a tender. The complainant suffered an actual loss of R133 572, 81.
