Mozambican Truck Driver Nabbed After Using Cloned Card For 254 Times To Cross Tollgates
Luis Raimundo Matola (43) a Mozambican National was apprehended during an operation by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) assisted by forensic investigators from Absa and First National Bank for allegedly using a cloned bank card.
Captain Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi, a Hawks spokesperson in Mpumalanga, said Matola was arrested following the latest incident, in which the cloned card was used to enter and pass through the N4 toll plaza in Kaapmuiden, Mpumalanga, on Thursday, using a haulage truck.
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“Investigation was established and led to the operation conducted whereby the suspect was arrested in possession of a cloned credit card and charged with the contravention of the provisions of Section 86(3) of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act,” Sekgotodi said.
“During an investigation, it was detected that the same cloned card was used between 22 November 2021 and 3 March 2022 to gain access at the tollgate, prejudicing and causing an actual loss of R113 525 to a company, Pro-Active Refrigeration (Pty) Ltd.”
According to Sekgotodi, the cloned bank card was used in 265 fraudulent transactions. Matola appeared in Barberton Magistrate’s Court on Friday, and the case was adjourned until March 11 for a formal bail application.
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Last month, two men, Themba Titos Sibeko and France Josiah Moiane, were arrested in Mpumalanga for allegedly using a fraudulent bank card to pay for fuel. A petrol attendant recognized the pair when they returned to the same Middelburg filling station a day after allegedly using the fraudulent card to pay for fuel.
At the time, Sekgotodi stated that a bank investigator was at the filling station investigating the use of the fraudulent card when the alleged thieves returned in the same vehicle.
“They were arrested by the Hawks serious commercial crime investigation (team) based in Middelburg for fraud, theft, contravention of the Cybercrimes Act and possession of and presenting counterfeit cards at Veritas filling station in Middelburg,” Sekgotodi said.
