A 24-year-old woman in Johannesburg, South Africa, was arrested for allegedly operating a fraudulent Department of Home Affairs from her rented flat. Police seized numerous forged documents, including passports, birth certificates, ID cards, and work permits, along with technology used in the forgery operation. Two police sergeants were also charged for their involvement in the scheme.
The woman was allegedly running an elaborate and fraudulent yet fully operational Department of Home Affairs out of a leased flat in Berea, Gauteng.A 24-year-old woman from Johannesburg faced the full brunt of the law after she was accused of forging critical documents.
The media outlet reported that when law enforcement arrived at the residence, the alleged fraud mastermind was still busy working on her system and that she attempted to burn some of the documents, but it was a little too late.
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