A 40-year-old man who allegedly masqueraded as a health department official and duped desperate job-seekers out of more than R500,000 has been arrested.
A bogus recruiter was arrested on theft and corruption charges by the Hawks' Mpumalanga division. Stock photo.A 40-year-old man who allegedly masqueraded as a health department official and duped desperate jobseekers out of more than R500,000 has been arrested.
According to Mpumalanga Hawks spokesperson Capt Dineo Sekgotodi, the man allegedly impersonated an official from the department and was “conducting a recruitment drive and reaching out to gatherings” in an attempt to find desperate young jobseekers. “He also hired two females who could go around recruiting and promising people enrolment, which would guarantee employment at the department of health.”
The matter was reported to the Hawks in 2018 and an investigation revealed the suspects were not the employees of any government department.
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