By KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
A 52-years-old man briefly appeared at the Wolmaranstad Magistrate’s Court for fraud on Friday. Francois Jacobus Delport (52) was arrested by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation on Wednesday for alleged fraud.
According to the Hawks’ spokesperson in the North West, Capt Tlangelani Rikhotso, Delport who is employed by the Maquassi Hills Municipality as a Technician allegedly approached a client who’s municipal account was in arrears of approximately R1 million and offered to cancel the debt in exchange for a payment of R112 000.
“The matter was reported to the Hawks and the suspect was arrested during an operation after he was found in possession of the R112 000 which was paid to him by the client.
“He was granted a R3000 bail and the case was postponed until 1 December 2020 for further investigations,” Rikhotso said.
The Guardian 