Absa IT specialist and wife who allegedly swindled banking giant are given the benefit of the doubt
Prosecutor Sharon Masedi cited the couple’s missing vehicles as one of the reasons why she wanted them kept behind bars, saying the refusal to disclose the whereabouts of the cars was tantamount to them refusing to cooperate.
The young couple now face charges of theft, fraud and contravening the Prevention of Organised Crime Act. “I would like to mention that applicant one is an IT specialist. Putting him in front of a PC or laptop will mean he can access info that he has destroyed. He also has not being cooperative. He knew he was being probed by Absa but decided to destroy the evidence,” said Masedi, referring to how upon request from Absa to hand over his official work laptop, it found all the data wiped clean.
On Wednesday, however, two affidavits from Masebeni’s brothers, Xolile and Xoliswa, were entered as evidence. In these, the brothers confirmed that they lived at the said Queenstown address with their fraud-accused brother and his wife, Mpani. This was despite one of the brothers earlier telling an officer that the couple did not reside there.
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