Dr Precious Gcinile Mnisi and her husband Dr Sandile Ignitius Nkumane laid fraud charges against a 39-year-old man who promised them riches.
“They signed an investment agreement on August 28 2020, which stipulated that the investors have provided the contract holder with financial assistance by EFT method amounting to R85,000 to receive R302,472 in returns on/before September 30 2020.”
Sekgotodi said the couple made EFT payments into the suspect’s FNB account after signing the contract. “The complainants made several transfers into the suspect’s account in September 2020, which resulted in him paying them R100,000. The complainants then transferred R350,000 in October 2020, R150 000 of which was paid in return by the suspect. The complainants again deposited R490,000 in two bank transfers in late October 2020. The complainants also transferred R790,000 over the December 2020 period,” said Sekgotodi.
The suspect paid them some “returns” in the beginning, before sending them allegedly cooked documents about an estimated R1.26m loss in a mining investment, she said.
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