A 50-year-old Northern Cape man was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by the Kuruman Regional Court after being found guilty of identity fraud and of facilitating a fraudulent bank payment.
A 50-YEAR-old Northern Cape man, Alfred Ndlovu, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by the Kuruman Regional Court on June 5 after being found guilty of identity fraud and of facilitating a fraudulent bank payment.
Ndlovu was arrested by the Kimberley Specialised Commercial Crime Investigation team in 2016 on charges of fraud and contravention of the Birth and Death Registration Act 51 of 1992.
Hawks provincial spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Tebogo Thebe said Ndlovu intercepted e-mail communication between Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality and one of its service providers.
“He changed the banking details of the service provider and as a result the municipality effected payment to a fraudulent bank account to the value of R2.5 million,” said Thebe.
He added that Ndlovu was arrested after being positively identified through an ATM recording when he used a fraudulent bank card.
“It was further established during the arrest that he was in possession of a fraudulent identity document and passport.”
The acting provincial head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, Brigadier Prince Mashimbye, welcomed the sentencing.
