EASTERN CAPE – The Mthatha based Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team of the Hawks arrested a 36-year-old suspect on 26 September 2022 for allegations of fraud and uttering.

It is alleged that during the period of 2017 and 2018, the suspect applied for three different loans at Old Mutual Finance branch in Mthatha Plaza. She is reported to have submitted false bank statements as proof that her salary was paid into the said bank as a result, Old Mutual approved the three loans and the money was deposited into her account.

Later on it was discovered that the bank statements submitted by the suspect were fraudulent. The bank account submitted by the suspect is reported to have been correct but the transactions on the bank regarding her salary were fabricated and did not correspond with the bank records hence she failed to honour her monthly payments that led to the bank’s Forensic department investigating the matter.

The matter was later reported to the Hawks for further investigation hence her arrest yesterday. The suspect is reported to have prejudiced Old Mutual cash to the value of more than R15 000. The suspect is expected to make her first court appearance in the Mthatha Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on 27 September 2022.

Source: South African Police Service