The National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit has obtained an urgent High Court preservation order to freeze approximately R21.55 million in suspected fraud proceeds linked to a sophisticated online banking scam targeting a Middelburg company.
The National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) has obtained an urgent High Court preservation order to freeze approximately R21.55 million in suspected fraud proceeds linked to a sophisticated online banking scam targeting a Middelburg company.
The case stems from an online banking scam in which about R21.55 million was fraudulently transferred from the account of Middelburg-based company, Jormid.
In May, Jormid’s financial manager, Mrs Jordaan, received WhatsApp messages appearing to be from ABSA Bank warning of suspected transactions on the company’s account and requesting confirmation.
After denying authorisation of the transactions, she received a call from a person claiming to be from ABSA’s Fraud Division, who instructed her to assist in cancelling the alleged activity and to approve electronic links sent to her cellphone.
