Stock Image Pixabay
The Hawks have arrested two more suspects allegedly involved in a debit-order syndicate where R99 was taken without authorization from people's bank accounts.
Hawks Spokesperson Captain Ndivhuwo Mulamu says bank clients lost approximately R18 million.
Fifty-year-old Ravenda Singh and his 26-year-old son Andrew handed themselves over to the Hawks earlier this month where they appeared in court on the same day.
The duo who are the Directors of a Durban based call centre Sub User were subsequently released on R30 000 bail each.
Captain Mulamu says the suspects were linked through a forensic investigation carried out by the Banks which discovered the unauthorised debit orders.
Numerous clients across the country lost their money in these fraudulent debit orders between November 2018 and February 2019.
In October last year, the Hawks arrested their first suspect at the Cape Town International Airport and the second, in February at the OR Tambo International Airport.
Fifty-one-year-old Richard Marsden and Jason Foster were released on bail of R100 000 and R30 000 respectively.
They were also directors of Durban based call-centres called Blue Debit and Talent Base.
Captain Mulamu says the syndicate siphoned approximately R248 million.
All four suspects will appear in court together on the 27th of May.
