A man who allegedly creates illegal vehicle finance for unqualified applicants have been nabbed by Hawks members.
The 52-year-old is currently in custody after he was arrested in the early hours of Friday.
The accused, Zamile Nongogo does this illegal act by creating fraudulent payslips for his clients for them to purchase cars.
After his arrest, Nongogo appeared at the East London magistrate’s court on a charge of fraud on Monday.
Hawks spokesperson, Lwando Zenzile said “Nongogo was arrested in the early hours on Friday morning, prior to his court appearance, following the probe by the Hawks’ serious commercial crime investigation team”.
“Nongogo allegedly helped vehicle finance applicants by facilitating and creating false payslips for them to buy cars in 2013.
“It is further alleged that these supporting documents were submitted at a financial institution in East London.”
“Subsequently, a vehicle worth over R600,000 was approved and successfully purchased after these documents were verified telephonically with the alleged employers,” Zenzile said.
Nongogo had his court case postponed till November 3.
