NORTH WEST – The Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation arrested a 25-year-old suspect on Saturday, 15 July 2023, at a car dealership in Klerksdorp for alleged fraud, forgery and uttering. It is alleged that the suspect approached a car dealership in Klerksdorp with the intention of purchasing a Toyota Land Cruiser. He allegedly produced required documents, however, it was later discovered that those documents were fraudulent.
The suspect arranged with a dealership to collect the vehicle on Saturday, 15 July 2023. Unbeknownst to the suspect that the Hawks were lying in wait to pounce on him, he arrived to collect the vehicle and he was arrested on the spot.
He will appear in the Klerksdorp Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 17 July 2023, to face fraud, forgery and uttering charges.