Members of the Provincial Tracking Team in Polokwane have arrested a 37-year-old man who committed fraud worth thousands of rands.
- A 37-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly being found with stained cash and also defrauding a Limpopo woman of R200 000.
- The man had allegedly asked the woman to loan him money to buy chemicals to remove black dye from the money.
- He told the victim he would pay her doublehad the money if she helped him.
Limpopo police have arrested a 37-year-old man who allegedly defrauded a woman of R200 000 and was also found in possession of money that was stained with black dye.
The man, who is from Uganda, had allegedly promised to repay the woman R200 000, but when he called and asked her for a further R400 000, police were involved.
A trap was set, and he was subsequently arrested with the money the woman had given him as well as the stained money, the source of which is not yet known.
Limpopo police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba said the accused approached the woman, who works at the Department of Arts and Culture, and told her that he was in possession of banknotes worth R2.5 million, which were stained with black dye.
Ledwaba said the man then asked the woman to give him R200 000 in cash to purchase a special substance to wash away the black dye and he would then pay her R400 000 in return if she helped him.
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