Media Statement
Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (HAWKS)
 

EASTERN CAPE – A cashier and a supervisor aged 34 and 33 have been summoned to appear in the Mthatha Magistrates Court on 29 September 2020 for alleged fraud.

The duo allegedly manipulated the chain store system by processing false refunds to draw cash from the tellers taking money for their personal use between October 2016 to March 2017. 

Their mischief, was singled out by the employer and a case of fraud and theft was opened with the with the Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team in Mthatha.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the store suffered approximately R443 000-00 loss over the said period.   More arrests cannot be ruled out.

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