FREE STATE – The accused, Warren William Bruce (36), Leandri Oosthuizen (30) and the company De Bingos self-services CC appeared before the Boshof Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 05 September 2022 where they faced charges of fraud, forgery, uttering, contravention of the electric communication and transaction act.

It is alleged that during the period of June 2018 until July 2020 Bruce and his company De Bingos self-services were purchasing meat at Boshof Abattoir. Upon purchasing meat fraudulent invoices were then issued to Bruce with the assistant of Oosthuizein who was an employee of the victim. It is further reported that Oosthuizen would then instruct other employees at the Abattoir to issue meat to Bruce without the proof of payment or any payment being made for the products. As a result of the fraudulent activities the victim was prejudiced and suffered a total loss of more than R900 000-00.

The matter was then reported to the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team based in Bloemfontein for further investigation. The accused handed themselves over to the Hawks investigating officer on Monday, 05 September 2022.

The case against the accused has been remanded to 20 October 2022 for further investigation and they were granted R2000-00 bail each.

Source: South African Police Service