Fraud and Scam News [Archive]

Former MMC Malusi Booi out on R250k bail in R1bn tender fraud case - TimesLIVE (0 replies)
Malusi Booi's tender fraud co-accused shot dead days after his release on bail - News (0 replies)
Construction boss charged with R1bn tender fraud alongside Malusi Booi, found dead - (0 replies)
WATCH | Hawks to crack down on fraudulent licence holders - eNCA (0 replies)
Gauteng legislature fires secretary, turns blind eye to corruption, fraud - News24 (0 replies)
ID fraud: ATM calls for life imprisonment for South Africans colluding with foreign n (0 replies)
Former Eskom contractor extradited to SA for Kusile fraud and corruption case - News2 (0 replies)
BREAKING NEWS: Wanted fugitive Michael Lomas accused of R1.5 billion Eskom fraud, ext (0 replies)
Missing pension funds spark municipal fraud concerns - The Witness | Your compass in (0 replies)
Massive crackdown in Mpumalanga: 27 suspects arrested for fraud and corruption in tra (0 replies)
Bogus Home Affairs official arrested for passport fraud - Sunday World (0 replies)
EFF seeks establishment of ad hoc committee to probe pension fund fraud claims - News (0 replies)
Opposition vows it won't tolerate election fraud as Mozambique prepares for 4-way rac (0 replies)
UPDATE | Numsa calls for dialogue amid BMW medical scheme fraud probe - News24 (0 replies)
Over 30 suspects allegedly involved in fraudulent issuing of drivers’ licences appear (0 replies)
Investec defends secret financial provisions in German tax fraud probe - amaBhungane (0 replies)
Pension scammer sentenced for fraud in De Aar - DFA (0 replies)
Bogus Home Affairs official and two Ethiopian nationals arrested for passport fraud - (0 replies)
SIU finds ex-Prasa board chair implicated in R3.5bn train fraud - Sunday World (0 replies)
amaBhungane | Investec defends secret financial provisions in German tax fraud probe (0 replies)
Former Sekhukhune municipality CFO, four others face fraud charges - SowetanLIVE (0 replies)
Fraud and money laundering case involving Sekhukhune district municipality employees (0 replies)
Investec Bank defends secret financial provisions in German tax fraud probe - Daily M (0 replies)
Malusi’s Booi multi-billion tender fraud case postponed to 16th October - Radio 786 (0 replies)
Former Sekhukhune municipality CFO, four others face fraud charges - TimesLIVE (0 replies)
'Deep dive' into PRASA uncovered serious fraud, SIU tells SCOPA - EWN (0 replies)
Hawks to crack down on fraudulent licence holders - eNCA (0 replies)
Pravin planned his funeral from deathbed, electricity fraud: Today's top 7 stories in (0 replies)
30 people to appear in Richards Bay court for 'driving licence fraud' - SowetanLIVE (0 replies)
EFF Free State accuses Nketoana mayor of fraud over car hire - Sunday World (0 replies)
30 people to appear in Richards Bay court for 'driving licence fraud' - TimesLIVE (0 replies)
30 people arrested in Melmoth for drivers' licence fraud - East Coast Radio (0 replies)
Prepaid fraud: 40% of meters in some cities aren't vending power - News24 (0 replies)
BMW workers strike amid medical aid fraud probe - The Citizen (0 replies)
Another official nabbed for license fraud in Mpumalanga - SABC News (0 replies)
WATCH | Hefty bail amounts set for Malusi Booi, co-accused in R1bn housing tender fra (0 replies)
Digital fraud costs consumers R740 million: true financial inclusion requires focus o (0 replies)
Nine arrested for licensing fraud - SowetanLIVE (0 replies)
Digital fraud costs consumers R740 million: true financial inclusion requires focus o (0 replies)
Officers nabbed for licence fraud, bribery - SABC News (0 replies)
Protest action outside Rosslyn plant linked to fraud investigation, says BMW - Creame (0 replies)
E-invoicing, the answer to Vat refund fraud in SA - Moneyweb (0 replies)
BMW workers in PTA go on strike over allegations of medical aid fraud - SABC News (0 replies)
Police warn of increasing fraud scams targeting North West residents - IOL (0 replies)
WATCH | SAFTU'S Zwelinzima Vavi talks two-pot retirement system and pension fraud - e (0 replies)
Your Security Matters: IFX Brokers Fraud Awareness Statement - Daily Voice (0 replies)
Amount in tender fraud case against former Cape Town MMC Malusi Booi now stated as mo (0 replies)
Fort Hare's R171m fraud: VC wants 'siphoned' money back in university's coffers - New (0 replies)
Hustle academies: west Africa’s online scammers are training others in fraud and sext (0 replies)
Police warn of banking fraud - George Herald (0 replies)
Malalane lawyer’s fraud, forgery and uttering case delayed again - The Citizen (0 replies)
Fort Hare fraud case: Accused now free to travel, even abroad, as court relaxes bail (0 replies)
Former Ditsobotla municipality CFO arrested for R500,000 fraud, released on R5,000 ba (0 replies)
Fraud a great concern for Great Brak Police - Mossel Bay Advertiser (0 replies)
Members of a syndicate involved in multi-million rand fraud arrested in Midrand - The (0 replies)
South African regulator orders medical rechecks alleging certification fraud - Flight (0 replies)
Bethlehem court finds Harrismith man guilty of fraud in vehicle transactions - News24 (0 replies)
South African flight staff face re-exams after alleged fraudulent medical certificate (0 replies)
WATCH | Cape Town tender corruption case: State will not oppose bail for Booi, 9 othe (0 replies)
Police bust eight suspects for tender fraud and corruption in Cape Town - SowetanLIVE (0 replies)
Tender fraud: Ex- Cape Town human settlements boss Malusi Booi linked to alleged ‘ent (0 replies)
Man sentenced for vehicle finance fraud worth over R3 million - IOL (0 replies)
Police arrest suspects in Eastern Cape, Joburg, and Cape Town for fraud linked to Cit (0 replies)
Former Cape Town MMC in court for fraud and corruption - Jacaranda FM (0 replies)
Former city official in dock for housing fraud - IOL (0 replies)
Qualification fraud: ‘People get killed, money is wasted and the public is not served (0 replies)
Digital fraud costs consumers R740 million: meet the two local engineers building tow (0 replies)
Police bust eight suspects for tender fraud and corruption in Cape Town - TimesLIVE (0 replies)
Suspect accused of R3.7 million fraud after impersonating bank account holder appears (0 replies)
Crypto fraud increased 45% last year to $5.6bn: FBI - Moneyweb (0 replies)
Police arrest former City of Cape Town councillor Malusi Booi amid fraud, corruption (0 replies)
Hawks swoop in on municipal officials over fraud - The Citizen (0 replies)
Thoshan Panday expected to apply for bail following his arrest on R7million tax fraud (0 replies)
Prominent Limpopo psychologist convicted of fraud - Sunday World (0 replies)
Now Durban businessman Thoshan Panday hit with 27 tax fraud charges - TimesLIVE (0 replies)
Warning over invoicing fraud in South Africa – double check your emails - BusinessTec (0 replies)
Court prevents NPA from attaching lottery fraud accused's assets - News24 (0 replies)
End-of-year bank scam warning for South Africa - BusinessTech (0 replies)
Five arrested for fraud and theft scam - The Witness | Your compass in the community (0 replies)
Digital transformation is answer to curb identity fraud - Schreiber - IOL (0 replies)
R6m insurance 'scam': State should have charged both accused with fraud, says magistr (0 replies)
Defending against rising credit application fraud - Daily Maverick (0 replies)
Bogus Prasa engineer Daniel Mtimkulu slapped with 15-year jail term for fraud - Times (0 replies)
Prasa welcomes 15-year sentence for former employee convicted of fraud - IOL (0 replies)
IEC commissioner Nomsa Masuku back in court for R1.2 million Standard Bank fraud case (0 replies)
Police hunt suspects linked to IEC official Masuku’s fraud case - Sunday World (0 replies)
Three more arrests expected in R1.2m fraud case involving Nomsa Masuku - News24 (0 replies)
Three friends to be sentenced for fraud and money laundering - IOL (0 replies)
Former Assupol manager gets four-year sentence for R1.6m fraud - TimesLIVE (0 replies)
Former PRASA engineering boss gets 15-year jail term for fraud - EWN (0 replies)
ActionSA Demands Answers from Home Affairs on How Fraud Suspect Chidimma Adetshina’s (0 replies)
Ex Northern Cricket Union bookkeeper sentenced to 10 years for fraud - SABC News (0 replies)
Bogus Prasa engineer Daniel Mtimkulu slapped with 15-year jail term for fraud - Times (0 replies)
Former PRASA engineering head set to be sentenced for fraud, misrepresenting qualific (0 replies)
Mom who hid in a freezer to evade arrest, sent to jail for fraud and theft - IOL (0 replies)
Former finance manager sentenced to 10 years for fraud and theft - TimesLIVE (0 replies)
Gauteng woman who hid inside freezer to evade arrest sent to jail for fraud and theft (0 replies)
RAF vows to assist SIU, health department with fight against fraudulent legal claims (0 replies)
More medico-legal claims fraud expected to be uncovered - Moneyweb (0 replies)
Lawyer, 81, involved in R39 million fraud gets bail - Sunday World (0 replies)
Doctor’s R17m undeclared tax; lawyer on R39m escrow account fraud charge - Daily Mave (0 replies)
Lawyer in court for multi-million rand fraud - AlgoaFM News (0 replies)
SIU probe saves R3bn in dodgy medico-legal claims, finds 'collusion' between lawyers (0 replies)
Over 400 incidents of fraudulent licence applications recorded by CT testing centres (0 replies)
Daily news update: Medico-legal claims fraud | The Babita Deokaran effect | Big petro (0 replies)
Major insurance scam to watch out for in South Africa - BusinessTech (0 replies)
Nzuzo Njilo fraud case postponed after he fails to raise R1.5m out of court settlemen (0 replies)
‘Beware of cyber fraud spike ahead of two-pot system’ - SABC News (0 replies)
WATCH | Motsoaledi unpacks multibillion-rand medico-legal fraud - eNCA (0 replies)
Two senior municipal employees, service provider in court for over R600,000 fraud - I (0 replies)
Victim of toll gate fraud? Your bank MUST reimburse you! - EWN (0 replies)
Venezuela high court confirms Maduro's reelection after fraud claims - eNCA (0 replies)
Home Affairs goes to war on ID fraud - Moneyweb (0 replies)
Ace Magashule’s ex-PA files urgent application to have fraud charges dropped - IOL (0 replies)
Joburg gave R200m tender to firm facing fraud charges of R94m - Mail and Guardian (0 replies)
Hawks investigating possible fraud around Chidimma's citizenship - TimesLIVE (0 replies)
Warning for banks and customers about rising new fraud - MyBroadband (0 replies)
How Americans Are Losing Their Life Savings To Crypto Fraud - CNBCAfrica.com (0 replies)
Home Affairs clamps down on ID fraud! - SNL24 (0 replies)
‘Fraud and corruption without consequences undermines business’ - Moneyweb (0 replies)
South Africa: Three Mozambicans found guilty and sentenced for fraud and contraventio (0 replies)
Identity fraud rockets in SA - IOL (0 replies)
Ace Magasule’s former PA claims the R86 million fraud charge is not in her charge she (0 replies)
Trouble for SARS over eFiling fraud - BusinessTech (0 replies)
Mall assistant manager convicted of R720 000 fraud after creating fake gift card vouc (0 replies)
Arthur Baker sentenced to three years or R120,000 fine for fraud - IOL (0 replies)
John Travolta “Reeling” After $800K Fraud At His Aviation Company - 2oceansvibe News (0 replies)
Bank card fraud warning - The Citizen (0 replies)
WATCH | How to prevent becoming a victim of fraud - eNCA (0 replies)
Former manager at Hemingway's guilty for gift card fraud - AlgoaFM News (0 replies)
Mall assistant manager convicted of gift card vouchers fraud of over R700,000 - IOL (0 replies)
Woman held in land lot sale fraud probe - theSun (0 replies)
Former bank employee sentenced to 15 years in jail for fraud, money laundering - IOL (0 replies)
Putco passengers arrested for ticket fraud - The Citizen (0 replies)
Finger-lickin’ fraud! School employee admits to stealing $1.5 million worth of chicke (0 replies)
Mayibuye Mandela wants R23m payout for victim whose identity was 'stolen' by Adetshin (0 replies)
US SEC sues over alleged $650 million global crypto fraud - XM (0 replies)
State has no evidence to prove I engaged in fraud, corruption or money laundering – C (0 replies)
"She must face the music": SA unmoved by Magashule's ex PA's family's pain - Briefly (0 replies)
Home Affairs officer who switched passport photos sentenced to five years for fraud - (0 replies)
Namibian oil company’s chief is cleared of fraud charges - Club of Mozambique (0 replies)
Police clerk bust for fraud after he allegedly pocketed cash to buy fuel, then used p (0 replies)
The new way scammers are picking their targets in South Africa - BusinessTech (0 replies)
ID fraud 'may have existed' when Adetshina was registered: home affairs - TimesLIVE (0 replies)
Cabinet applauds conviction of Home Affairs officials in fraudulent passport scheme - (0 replies)
Company director summoned to court on 28 counts of fraud - IOL (0 replies)
Home Affairs finds fraud in Chidimma Adetshina's mother's identity - eNCA (0 replies)
Estina dairy farm fraud: NPA says it remains 'undeterred' after case struck off court (0 replies)
Miss SA nationality saga points to potential fraud – Home Affairs - IOL (0 replies)
Authorised payment fraud, scam centres on the rise - ITWeb (0 replies)
FNB employee up for fraud over R15 million moved from 92-year-old woman’s account - M (0 replies)
Prima facie evidence that Chidimma Adetshina's mother may have committed fraud, ident (0 replies)
Seven years in jail for bank employee who defrauded clients of R3m - SowetanLIVE (0 replies)
‘It’s fraud’ – Adam Peaty blasts ‘cheating’ Chinese swimmers at the Olympics - MSN (0 replies)
Eskom's prepaid update slowdown might indicate mass meter fraud - News24 (0 replies)
Fraud accused in battle for control of Tongaat Hulett battle resurfaces - IOL (0 replies)
Woman facing fraud charges in Northern Cape to remain behind bars - TimesLIVE (0 replies)
Mozambique: PGR records over 500 cases of telecoms fraud and in electronic payment tr (0 replies)
Former manager at Northern Cape Cricket Union jailed for fraud - IOL (0 replies)
Dimension Data’s fraud case against a co-founder and former top executives - MyBroadb (0 replies)
Magistrate arrested for R2,000 fraudulent travel claim - SowetanLIVE (0 replies)
Fuel fraud: Eastern Cape municipality embroiled in petrol card scandal - News24 (0 replies)
WC court clerk ordered to forfeit pension after being found guilty on 8 fraud counts (0 replies)
Aviation broker linked to ANC royalty faces fraud and seizure woes - News24 (0 replies)
Mossel Bay man in court for multi-million-rand fraud - AlgoaFM News (0 replies)
Fraud and scams continue to rise: Protect yourself - BizNews (0 replies)
Social grant recipients left in limbo as fraud management system proves fraught with (0 replies)
Three police officials in court for subsistence fraud granted bail - IOL (0 replies)
Mossel Bay man in court for alleged property development fraud - Mossel Bay Advertise (0 replies)
WesBank, chief faces fraud charges over client overcharges - IOL (0 replies)
Court clerk ordered to repay R473 000 after fraud conviction - The Citizen (0 replies)
Court clerk ordered to repay R473 000 after fraud conviction - The Citizen (0 replies)
Mozambique to recover $825mn from ‘tuna bonds’ fraud - Financial Times (0 replies)
Bay prosthetist in court on allegations of RAF fraud - AlgoaFM News (0 replies)
Gqeberha prosthetist arrested for RAF fraud - IOL (0 replies)
Owner of illegal funeral service in Bethlehem due for trial hearing - News24 (0 replies)
Alleged R1.7-million fraud accused in Richards Bay court - The Citizen (0 replies)
Fraud and scams continue to rise: Protect yourself - BizNews (0 replies)
Former SARS auditor jailed to 20 years for fraud - IOL (0 replies)
Aviation broker linked to ANC royalty faces fraud and seizure woes - News24 (0 replies)
Mozambique wins fraud suit over Credit Suisse tuna bond scandal - Moneyweb (0 replies)
Ex-SA Rugby chief suffers another legal setback over fraud charges - planetrugby.com (0 replies)
Corrupt Sars ex-auditor sentenced to 20 years for fraud - The Citizen (0 replies)
Malalane attorney in court on fraud charges: Zietta Janse van Rensburg’s legal woes c (0 replies)
Fraud awareness: Essential tips to safeguard yourself from financial scams - MSN (0 replies)
Former Gqeberha law firm accountant in court for over R17 million fraud - News24 (0 replies)
Hawks arrest boxing tournament organiser on allegations of fraud - IOL (0 replies)
VBS Bank heist | Fraud case back in court - eNCA (0 replies)
‘Wolf of Airbnb’ gets 4 years for New York City rental fraud - Moneyweb (0 replies)
Malalane attorney in court on fraud charges: Zietta Janse van Rensburg’s legal woes c (0 replies)
Department of Human Settlement warns residents against RDP housing fraud spikes in Ga (0 replies)
FSCA issues Telegram fraud alert for South Africa - BusinessTech (0 replies)
Woman’s UIF claim exposed as fraud - The Citizen (0 replies)
‘Wolf of Airbnb’ gets 4 years for New York City rental fraud - Moneyweb (0 replies)
Man, 51, sentenced for 344 counts of fraud and money laundering - IOL (0 replies)
Assets worth R52 million seized in Covid PPE tender fraud case - AlgoaFM News (0 replies)
FSCA issues Telegram fraud alert for South Africa - BusinessTech (0 replies)
VBS Bank heist | Fraud case back in court - eNCA (0 replies)
Death fraud claim: Woman ordered to pay a fine or go to jail - IOL (0 replies)
Sweet nothings — how South Africans are stung by ‘honey laundering’ - Daily Maverick (0 replies)
Boeing’s fraud case shows that some businesses are still too big to fail - The Conver (0 replies)
More arrests expected in alleged R1.2m fraud case against IEC’s Nomsa Masuku - TimesL (0 replies)
Sean Kingston and His Mother Are Indicted in $1 Million Fraud Scheme - The New York T (0 replies)
Report: Revolut Leads UK Scam Complaints Amid APP Fraud Surge - PYMNTS.com (0 replies)
Nedbank warns of new type of fraud doing the rounds in South Africa - BusinessTech (0 replies)
Volkswagen SA fleet administrator sentenced to 15 years for fraud and corruption - IO (0 replies)
State ready for trial in fraud case of Eastern Cape health dept spokesperson - News24 (0 replies)
Tender love: Couple bust for corruption | Daily Sun - SNL24 (0 replies)
Western Cape couple accused of using nine-year-old daughter to commit R13 million fra (0 replies)
Sean Kingston and mother charged of alleged $1M fraud scheme - Geo News (0 replies)
Spa warns clients of fraud syndicate in SA - The Citizen (0 replies)
University of Johannesburg expels 25 students for sick note fraud - EWN (0 replies)
Karabo Mokoena's killer sentenced to additional 15 years for multimillion-rand fraud (0 replies)
Convicted murderer Mantsoe sentenced to 15 years for fraud - SowetanLIVE (0 replies)
Gqeberha businessman jailed for R1 million VAT fraud - IOL (0 replies)
Swellendam couple arrested for fraud amounting to R13 797 069 - AlgoaFM News (0 replies)
Body found in Silvermine identified via DNA as that of City fraud suspect - IOL (0 replies)
Former VWSA employee sentenced to five years imprisonment for fraud - AlgoaFM News (0 replies)
AfriForum to lay corruption, fraud charges against EFF leaders - SABC News (0 replies)
PICS: Elderly women, Sassa employee arrested in connection with disability grant frau (0 replies)
COMMENT: Casting doubts and casting votes – the real-world effects of false election (0 replies)
Zimdancehall Artist Silent Killer Arrested For Fraud - iHarare News (0 replies)
WATCH | SASSA implements biometrics to combat fraud - eNCA (0 replies)
Four suspects including bogus doctor nabbed in WC for fraud, illegal dealing in petro (0 replies)
Fraudster fined, ordered to pay back R528,000 in monthly instalments of R50,000 - IOL (0 replies)
AfriForum to lay charges of corruption and fraud against Malema and Shivambu - The So (0 replies)
TymeBank contact details: toll-free number, WhatsApp, fraud line, email address - Bri (0 replies)
Four nabbed for fraud in Western Cape - SABC News (0 replies)
Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri’s daughter held on fraud charges - Zimbabwe News No (0 replies)
Digital fraud, eFiling profile hijacking - IOL (0 replies)
Another sentence handed down in Ngwathe Municipality fraud and corruption case - News (0 replies)
Researchers discover a new form of scientific fraud: Uncovering 'sneaked references' (0 replies)
The Hawks in KZN are looking for these fraud suspects. Have you seen them? - IOL (0 replies)
Hawks looking for three suspects linked to Pietermaritzburg fraud case - The Witness (0 replies)
Director arrested on fraud case involving R18 million - News24 (0 replies)
Hazyview farm manager found guilty of fraud worth R4.4m - The Citizen (0 replies)
Fraud-accused Chimombe, Mpofu bail ruling set for July 16 | - New Zimbabwe.com (0 replies)
Fraud case against former Northern Cape HOD, co-accused postponed - SABC News (0 replies)
Director of Mzansi Life Care, Nandi Msimang, nabbed on R32m mobile clinic fraud alleg (0 replies)
Hazyview farm manager found guilty of fraud worth R4.4m - The Citizen (0 replies)
Eskom employee, service provider in court over theft, fraud at Hendrina power station (0 replies)
Fraud-accused IPHC head Sandlana's security sparks fear in court - Sunday World (0 replies)
KZN female taxi owners living in fear after exposing fraud - SABC News (0 replies)
Two arrested for alleged driving license fraud at Vanderbijlpark Testing Centre - EWN (0 replies)
Standard Bank still battling fraud attempts as clients fume - ITWeb (0 replies)
Sharp spike in Standard Bank fraud queries, internet data shows | Business - News24 (0 replies)
Former Absa bank employees sentenced to 15 years for R1 million fraud - IOL (0 replies)
Standard Bank investigates alleged fraud, apologises to customers - East Coast Radio (0 replies)
Standard Bank says Brazil not solely to blame for fraud complaints storm on X - News2 (0 replies)
Sassa official, two women arrested for disability grant fraud - TimesLIVE (0 replies)