NORTH WEST – The 57-year-old Maria Magdelina Trevorou will spend the next 10 years behind prison walls. This came after she was found guilty and convicted by the Klerksdorp Regional Court on Monday, 16 January 2023.

Over the period between 2006 to 2009, Trevorou operated an unregistered investment scheme and recruited several people to invest money with her company. Multiple complainants deposited an all-inclusive to the estimated value of R3.2 Million into her bank account hoping for profit. None of them received their interest nor their invested capital as promised.

The matter was reported to the Klerksdorp based Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team and she was later served with summons (J175) to appear in court. The matter has been at Regional court since 20 January 2020.

The Hawks investigation team pulled out all stops and their meticulous investigative skills proved the case beyond any reasonable doubt and managed to send off the convict to jail. Maria Magdalina Trevorou pleaded guilty on 20 charges fraud and contravention of bank act preferred against her and was sentenced to ten (10) years imprisonment, wholly suspected for five (5) years with conditions that the accused is not found guilty of similar offences.

Source: South African Police Service