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02-04-2010, 02:04 AM #5531
Electronic fraudsters clean out bank account
A PORT Elizabeth woman is devastated after her entire salary was withdrawn from her bank account in a day, leaving her penniless for the coming month.
Siobhan Larkin, of Greenshields Park, who is currently booked off on stress leave, said her salary had been removed from her Absa bank account in seven different transactions on January 25, two days after it had been deposited.
Larkin, who suffers from severe depression, said she had also been shocked by the unhelpful and unapologetic attitude of Absa staff who handled her complaint on January 26.
Larkin’s mother, Una, said she was unemployed and they both relied on Siobhan’s salary for their monthly groceries and expenses. She said they were shocked at how easily the money had been removed and that her daily limit had been exceeded with the seven withdrawals.
“We discovered the money was missing only on Tuesday, January 26, when I asked her to check her internet banking to see whether her salary had been deposited. It had been deposited on January 23 and systematically removed on January 25 with six transactions on her cheque account and one from her savings account,” she said.
“Three of the withdrawals were R4040 each. The other four were all R1000. This was all in the same day. We could not believe this because Siobhan has a daily limit of R1000. R4040 is also a very strange amount to withdraw. Siobhan also received no SMS notifications to alert her that the money had been withdrawn.”
She said they had immediately gone to report the matter at the Walmer police station and the Walmer Park branch of Absa when they discovered the money was missing. “Their reaction was appalling and they did not seem to know what procedures to follow. The total lack of sympathy or apology was amazing.”
She said the case had been transferred to the fraud squad and was being investigated. “In the meantime, all my daughter’s debit orders have bounced and we are penniless, as I am unemployed. I have three other children and they have been helping where they can, but they are all married and they cannot take care of everything.”
Larkin warned other bank clients against this kind of fraud, as she suspected it was a countrywide scam.
“My advice to customers of Absa would be to take internet banking and any other facilities away to another banking institution. Their total apathy to our situation also was a shock to me. We could take a loan or apply for an overdraft, but why should my daughter incur further expenses because of this? We really do not know what we are going to do,” she said.
Absa Eastern Cape marketing and communications consultant Cathy Schwarz confirmed that Larkin had reported the withdrawals from her account at Absa’s Walmer Park branch in January and had been issued with a case reference number by the Absa staff member.
“The matter is being investigated by the fraud unit, so further information cannot be divulged,” she said.
Meanwhile, Schwarz warned clients that card skimming and internet fraud were two methods through which individuals were targeted and defrauded.
“Card skimmers place sophisticated skimming devices over ATM card reader slots. This enables the capture of data encoded on the card’s magnetic strip.
“Often the PIN number is obtained by watching over the victim’s shoulder at an ATM. With that information the syndicates create a duplicate card and empty the victim’s account,” she said.
Schwarz also warned customers to be aware of fraudulent e- mails purportedly from the bank.
02-05-2010, 04:00 AM #5532
Moord op hartdokter: 2 vas
Twee veiligheidswagte is eergisteraand om 20:00 in Pretoria deur lede van die Sunnyside-trio-taakspan aangekeer vir die moord op die afgetrede kardioloog dr. Francois Steenkamp (71).
Dié wagte is glo verbonde aan die veiligheidsmaatskappy wat die Newlands Park-aftreeoord in Pretoria, waar Steenkamp gewoon het, beveilig het.
Kapt. Colette Weilbach, polisiewoordvoerder, het gesê die polisie wil nie die maatskappy se naam bekend maak nie omdat die ondersoek in ’n sensitiewe stadium is. Sy wou ook nie sê waar in Pretoria die verdagtes aankeer is nie.
Die wagte is 32 en 33 jaar oud en sal na verwagting môre in die Pretoriase landdroshof op aanklagte van moord en huisroof verskyn.
Steenkamp, wat jare lank by die Medi-Clinic-harthospitaal in Arcadia gewerk het, is erg aangerand. Sy kop is onder meer stukkend geslaan.
Mev. Willemina Habile (60), sy huiswerker, het eergisteroggend op sy lyk afgekom.
Die huis is geplunder en sy wit Toyota Tazz is gesteel. Die voertuig is nog soek.
Die moord op Steenkamp volg kort nadat die onderneming wat verantwoordelik is vir die veiligheidsmaatreëls in die oord, in die pad gesteek is omdat die onderneming glo “te slap” is.
Mnr. John Corbitt (72), Steenkamp se buurman, het eergister aan Beeld gesê twee mans het twee weke gelede by die hoofhek verby die veiligheidswagte gestap en ’n vrou se handsak, selfoon en juwele uit haar huis gesteel. Hierna het die inwoners besluit om ontslae te raak van die veiligheidsonderneming.
Volgens Corbitt sal die onderneming net tot einde vandeesmaand werk.
Dr. Francois Steenkamp jr. het gister by monde van Weilbach laat weet dat sy pa veras gaan word en dat die familie ’n private roudiens sal hou.
02-05-2010, 04:02 AM #5533
Egpaar in stil dorp vermoor
George. – ’n Egpaar wat vyf jaar gelede van Phalaborwa na Swellendam verhuis het om veiliger te wees, is hier vermoor.
Mnr. Nick Els (63) en sy vrou, Elsie (58), se lyke is gisteroggend in hul huis op die hoek van Kerk- en Bloekomlaan in Swellendam aangetref.
Die egpaar is vermoedelik eergisternag vermoor. Hul tuinwerker het gisteroggend op die toneel afgekom en die polisie ontbied.
Die huiswerker het kort daarna opgedaag en vir die polisie die agterdeur oopgesluit.
Luidens ’n verklaring wat deur die polisie uitgereik is, was daar bloed op die voordeur. Daar was ook tekens van ’n struweling in die sitkamer, waar mnr. Els se lyk op die vloer aangetref is. Mev. Els se lyk is in die slaapkamer gevind.
Hulle is vermoedelik met ’n stomp voorwerp, soos ’n piksteel, doodgeslaan.
“Ons is verskriklik geskok,” het me. Mariaan van Wyk, ’n vriendin van die Els-egpaar, gister gesê. “Ons was 45 jaar lank vriende en het mekaar in Phalaborwa leer ken.
Elsie-hulle het sowat vyf jaar gelede hierheen getrek omdat hulle in ’n stil, veilige dorpie wou woon.”
Die vriende het saam ’n gebou, Powell House, in Voortrekkerstraat gekoop. Die gebou het Van Wyk se haarsalon en mev. Els se dekorwinkel, Something Else, gehuisves. Van Wyk het intussen die gebou aan die Els-egpaar verkoop, waaruit mev. Els steeds die dekorwinkel bedryf het.
“Nick was afgetree, maar het Elsie gehelp met goed soos blindings hang en so aan. Bo-op die bult met ’n uitsig op die dorp het Elsie haar droomhuis laat bou.”
Die Els-egpaar het twee seuns. Jaco en sy vrou, Coret, van Pretoria, en Francois en sy vrou, Heidi, van Nelspruit vlieg vandag Kaapstad toe waar hulle ander familielede sal ontmoet voordat hulle na Swellendam vertrek.
“Ons het Desember so lekker by my skoonouers in Swellendam en Struisbaai gekuier, maar nou wil ons nie eens na die huis toe gaan of daar gaan slaap nie,” het mev. Coret Els gister gesê.
“Ons mis hulle al klaar. Hulle was die wonderlikste skoon-ouers, grootouers en ouers vir hul seuns. Hulle het soveel vriende gehad wat so lief was vir hulle omdat hulle soveel liefde gegee het. Ja, God troos ons met die wete dat hulle by Hom is.”
Mnr. Els was voor sy aftrede hoof van gesondheid in die Phalaborwa-munisipaliteit.
“Hulle was albei baie bekend hier in Phalaborwa en die nuus oor hul moord is vir ons almal ’n baie groot skok,” het mnr. Manie Kriel, ’n sakeman van Phalaborwa, gisteraand gesê.
Niemand is nog gearresteer nie. Dit is nog onbekend of iets uit die huis vermis word.
Cape couple killed in home
Cape Town - The bodies of a man and wife were found in their Swellendam home on Thursday, Western Cape police said.
Inspector November Filander said police were called to the scene after the couple's gardener saw blood on the front door.
When police gained entry into the house from the back, they discovered the 63-year-old Nick Els dead on the lounge floor and his 58-year-old wife Elsie dead on the bedroom floor.
Police suspected that the killers used a blunt object to kill the couple.
It was unclear how the killers entered the house and if anything was taken.
02-05-2010, 04:04 AM #5534
Polisie daag nie op ná roof omdat hulle nooit gebel is!
’n Polisiereservis wat drie keer tydens ’n huisrooftog in Murrayfield, Pretoria, raak geskiet is en gekla het dat hy ná vier oproepe na 10111 steeds nie reaksie van die polisie gekry het nie, het nooit dié nommer geskakel nie.
Nadat ’n lid van die gemeenskapspolisiëringsforum (GPF) ná die aanval op mnr. Johnny de Jager (52) en me. Karen Victor (47), sy vriendin, 10111 geskakel het, was die polisie binne drie minute op die toneel.
De Jager het gister erken Victor het 911 op haar selfoon geskakel nadat hulle Vrydagaand deur twee rowers oorval is. De Jager het gesê hy het nooit self 10111 geskakel nie. Hy was heeltyd onder die indruk dat Victor 10111 geskakel het en dat hy besig was om met ’n operateur van die 10111-inbelsentrum te praat.
Dir. Govindsamy Mariemuthoo, kommunikasiehoof van die Gautengse polisie, het gesê die 10111-inbelsentrum het geen rekord van oproepe van De Jager of Victor nie.
In ’n ondersoek deur 10111 is bevind dat hulle 911 geskakel het. Hulle het dié nommer drie keer geskakel.
Volgens Mariemuthoo het hulle by die selfoonnetwerk Cell C se noodsentrum uitgekom waar hulle ’n ambulans ontbied het, nie die polisie nie.
Die eerste oproep wat die polisie oor die voorval ontvang het, was Vrydagaand om 21:18 toe ’n GPF-lid 10111 gebel het.
Die operateur in die inbelsentrum het dadelik ’n voertuig na die toneel gestuur wat binne drie minute daar was.
02-05-2010, 04:05 AM #5535
Cilliers was al vantevore in die pekel
Strand - ’n Pianis van die Strand se vermeende moordenaar het glo in 2005 ’n vrou met ’n mes gedreig.
Volgens past. Sopho Nissiotis, direkteur van die Noupoort-rehabilitasiesentrum, het me. Angelique Cilliers (25) ’n mede-pasiënt met ’n mes gedreig en aan haar nek gesny. ’n Klag van poging tot moord is aanhangig gemaak, maar daar het niks van gekom nie en sy is vrygelaat, aldus Nissiotis.
Cilliers sou môre vir ’n borgtogverhoor in die Strand-landdroshof verskyn, waar sy van me. Elfriede Weich (64) se moord aangekla is.
Cilliers se lyk is Maandag in Pollsmoor se hospitaalvleuel aangetref. Sy het haarself met ’n serp opgehang.
“Ek voel jammer vir haar,” het Nissiotis gesê. “Sy was ’n tipiese produk van die samelewing.”
Weich se lyk is op 19 Januarie in ’n tas onder haar bed in haar woonstel in Kusweg, Strand, gevind.
Cilliers se betrokkenheid by mnr. Winston Ferreira (49) se dood word ook ondersoek. Sy lyk is op 16 Januarie op sy sitkamervloer in Table View aangetref. Die oorsaak van sy dood is nog nie bekend nie.
Cilliers – ’n heroïen-verslaafde – was in Augustus 2005 by Noupoort.
Binne twee maande het sy gevlug, maar was ’n maand later terug. Die beweerde steekvoorval was op 16 November.
By Cilliers se familie se woning in die Strand het ’n buurman dit gister betwyfel of hulle die media te woord sal staan.
“Dié mense is deur diep waters,” het hy gesê, en ene Bernie geroep.
’n Man met verskeie piercingshet sy kaal geskeerde kop geskud en gesê: “Geen kommentaar.”
02-05-2010, 04:09 AM #5536
Kenton killing suspect
THE police are urging anyone who may recognise this man to contact them immediately.
He is a suspect in the murder of Kenton-on-Sea Spar owner Juan Jansen, 31, who was attacked in November last year while walking to the bank with his wife.
Anyone with information on this man can contact Detective Inspector Riaan Bardman on 0437060600, Crime Stop on 0860010111 or their nearest police station.
Police hunt Kenton-on-Sea suspect!
Police on Thursday have released an identikit of a man believed to be involved in the senseless slaying of a Kenton-on-Sea shopowner, who was gunned down outside his Spar in the seaside resort while walking to the bank. Juan Jansen, 31, was holding his pregnant wife’s hand when he was shot in the leg and chest.
Captain Stephen Marais said police are looking for any information to the whereabouts of Jozana Monwabisi Rafani, 27 and released a picture of the wanted man.
“We are looking for any information relating to his whereabouts. The public is however not to approach him as he is considered to be armed and dangerous.”
The couple were chatting and strolling the 100metres from their busy supermarket to the local Standard Bank when they were suddenly ambushed – without warning – by two men.
“They shot him once in the leg and he threw the money to them… He was only concerned about the safety his pregnant wife,” said Jansen’s father Oscar at the time.
“They had the money, but they still shot him in the chest. It was very senseless.”
Jansen senior said Juan and wife Nelmarie had moved to Kenton almost four years ago to spend more time with their children, Conrad, eight, and Diedré, 6.
They had previously owned a Dulce coffee shop in Port Elizabeth and moved to the Sunshine Coast to avoid working from 6am to midnight.
Anybody with information is asked to contact Detective Inspector Riaan Baardman on (043) 706 0600 or 10111, or their nearest police station.
02-05-2010, 04:13 AM #5537
‘Black Employees passed bank clients’ info to syndicate’
DETAILS of fraudulent activities emerged in the Port Elizabeth Commercial Crimes Court yesterday pertaining to how Absa Bank employees passed over clients’ personal information to alleged syndicate members.
Fourteen alleged syndicate members are accused of defrauding clients of R1385505,81 after two Absa employees divulged information to other syndicate members.
The members targeted “affluent businesses” including top firms of attorneys such as Greyvensteins Incorporated and Annali Erasmus Attorneys.
Apart from bank employees, the other alleged syndicate members consisted of a Telkom employee and cellphone service providers.
The group forged cheque book requisition forms and gained detailed information on various accounts.
The pre-printed personal information on the original cheque book was then removed and replaced with the account information obtained from the bank officials.
The forged cheque and identity documents would then be distributed among syndicate members, who would present both the forged cheque and ID to Absa bank, FNB and Standard Bank for payment. The financial institution would contact the account holder telephonically to verify the cheque had been issued to the person presenting it for payment.
The syndicate members, using a diversion device, would divert the Telkom landline or disable the cellular phone of the account holder in anticipation of the call from the bank.
Although banks had systems in place to curb illegal activities, Anton Kolesky, from Absa Regional Fraud Management Unit, recalled how Brandon Jacobs and Unathi Matsinya managed to beat the system and allegedly pass on clients’ information.
Between August 2005 and December 2007, Jacobs was employed by the bank in their Debit Recovery Services Department in Johannesburg, while Matsinya worked as teller at the Germiston branch.
She allegedly used her pin code when she made such inquiries into the clients’ accounts.
“The two accused worked for the bank and during our investigation were fingered out as the source of information to syndicate members.
“I cannot say whether they were the only ones who passed on the information,” said Kolesky.
During their investigation, Absa bank also discovered Jacobs and Matsinya allegedly made several inquiries on the affected accounts.
02-05-2010, 04:16 AM #5538
Smit moes die nag in ’n rolstoel “onder die sterre” in die binnehof by die polisieselle op Upington deurbring terwyl sy nie kos of water gekry het nie. Die volgende dag moes Smit tot laatmiddag steeds sonder kos of water wag voordat sy uiteindelik na Keimoes gebring is waar die landdros haar op waarskuwing vrygelaat het.
Regter L.P. Tlaletsi het op 2 Desember 2008 gelas die minister van veiligheid en sekuriteit en kapt. Nico Maree is vir Smit se geldelike skade verantwoordelik.
Vandeesweek word getuienis gelewer in die bepaling van die omvang van die bedrag wat die polisie aan Smit moet betaal.
Dit kom nadat die verweerders se regsverteenwoordigers aangedui het hulle kan nie ’n skikkingsaanbod doen nie. Smit het die verweerders vroeër vir R1,5 miljoen skadevergoeding gedagvaar.
Smit het gister getuig terwyl sy ná haar inhegtenisneming ondervra is, het die speurders kru taal gebruik. Sy is onder meer as “die f****n kruppel vrou” uitgeskel.
Sy het die nag in uiters vernederende omstandighede by die polisieselle deurgebring. Die volgende dag is Smit met haar rolstoel agter in ’n vangwa na die landdroshof geneem.
Middagete is sy in ’n hof toegesluit. Geen polisiebeampte het haar kos of water aangebied nie.
Smit het getuig toe haar identiteit as ’n informant van die polisie se misdaadintelligensie-eenheid bekend geword het, is haar lewe deur growwe viktimisasie en intimidasie versuur.
“Van die 14 klagte wat ek ingedien het, het niks gekom nie. Ek het ’n brief van die direkteur van openbare vervolging gekry waarin gemeld word niemand gaan vervolg word nie.” Smit het getuig selfs nadat die hof uitspraak gelewer het, het die polisie haar nog nie om verskoning gevra nie.
Smit het in kruisondervraging getuig by die polisieselle het sy gevoel sy het geen regte nie; daarom het sy nie vir kos of water gevra nie.
Sy het twee jaar gelede met ’n LL.B.-graadkursus deur Unisa begin. Haar uitslae is goed, het Smit getuig. Haar broer help haar met studiegeld. Sy hoop om eendag vir gestremdes te kan optree. Smit het getuig sy het nie geld om te verhuis, of om private psigoterapie te kry nie.
Adv. Johan van Niekerk SC tree in opdrag van Brink en Genote ingelyf van Keimoes op en die korrespondent Engelsman Magabane ingelyf namens Smit. Adv. R.P.A. Ramawele tree in opdrag van die staatsprokureur op.
02-05-2010, 04:32 AM #5539
Pretoria - It has transpired that a police reservist who was shot three times during a house robbery in Murrayfield, Pretoria - and complained after he got no reaction from police after calling 10111 four times - never called the number at all.
After a member of the community police forum called the 10111 number after the attack on Johnny de Jager, 52, and his girlfriend Karen Victor, 47, police were on the scene within three minutes.
De Jager admitted on Thursday that Victor had called 911 on her cellphone after they were attacked by two robbers on Friday night. De Jager said he never called 10111 himself.
He was under the impression that Victor had called 10111 and that he was busy talking to an operator from the 10111 call centre.
Gauteng communications head Govindsamy Mariemuthoo said the 10111 call centre had no record of calls from De Jager or Victor.
In an investigation by 10111 it was established that they had called 911. They had called this number three times.
According to Mariemuthoo they had reached the cellphone network Cell C's emergency centre where an ambulance was called but not the police.
The first call that police had received about the incident, was on Friday night at 21:18 when a member of the community police forum called 10111.
The operator at the call centre immediately sent a vehicle to the scene which arrived within three minutes.
02-05-2010, 04:45 AM #5540
I'm no torturer - Byleveld
Recognised policeman Piet Byleveld on Thursday denied he tortured a murder suspect by shoving a loaded gun into his mouth, as the man claimed in a high court trial.
Dumisani Xulu, who is on trial for murdering Heia Safari Ranch owner Franz Richter, this week alleged Byleveld forced him to make a confession.
Xulu claimed the cop also tortured him into implicating Richter's widow, Celiwe Mbokazi. He said he lied in order to save his life.
But Byleveld denied he did anything wrong.