AN Information Technology (IT) expert (29) was arrested by the Hawks on Thursday, 9 March.
She is accused of engineering a Business Email Compromise Scam(BECS) which reportedly unduly enriched her to the tune of over R700 000.
She consequently appeared in the Palmridge Magistrate’ Court on the same day.
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It is reported that from 18 March to 06 April 2018, the suspect allegedly hacked into the emails of Twinsaver company and a supplier.
She allegedly intercepted correspondences and fraudulently changed banking details to her own and made off with the money.
An investigation by the Johannesburg based Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team discovered that she was the alleged perpetrator and this resulted in her arrest.
The Court has granted Motebu R5 000 bail and case postponed to Monday, 03 April for legal representative.
