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Daily News reports that a petrol attendant was arrested last week after siphoning nearly R470,000 through cloning the fuel cards of motorists. The suspect was arrested at a fuel station in Mpumalanga and was due to appear at the Balfour Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
With police investigations ongoing, it is believed that there might be more individuals linked to the illegal transactions as uncovered. The arrest of the 34-year-old petrol attendant at a Truckstop inn fuel station was through the efforts of fraud investigators from two banks and the Hawks’ Middelburg-based Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit.
According to a Hawks spokesperson, the suspect was alleged to have cloned fuel cards during transactions when motorists paid using petrol cards at the fuel station. The Hawks were alerted to the suspected criminal activity and operationalised the information. Officers swooped on the fuel station on 12 December 2025, where the identified petrol attendant was searched. A card-cloning device was allegedly found in his possession, leading to his immediate arrest.
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