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The Star reports that on Tuesday the Hawks (Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation) arrested two bogus recruiters related to R610,000 in theft in Mpumalanga.
Hawks spokesperson Captain Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi said the two suspects, aged between 47 and 50, allegedly impersonated officials from the Department of Health conducting a recruitment drive. They targeted gatherings like churches and other places where they could find youth in numbers. “The bogus recruiters demanded money for enrolment from all the prospective nursing trainees. More than 75 unemployed youth paid the money into the suspects’ accounts between 2016 and 2017, totalling R610,000,” Sekgotodi reported. She added that after the victims, based in Mpumalanga and other provinces, paid the money, the suspects started telling them stories about the employment they had been promised. “The matter was reported to the team in 2018, and investigation revealed that the suspects were not employees of any department. Two of the three bogus recruiters were arrested and the third is sought by the Hawks,” Sekgotodi indicated.
- Read the original of the report in the above regard by Chulumanco Mahamba at The Star (scroll down)
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