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A 29-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly impersonating a Hawks officer and extorting money.
The man allegedly demanded R60 000 to make a bogus murder charge disappear.
He demanded an additional R60 000 to finalise the withdrawal of the murder charge.
The Hawks have arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly impersonating one of their officers and approaching an elderly Mpumalanga man on Tuesday with an offer to make a bogus murder investigation go away in exchange for R60 000.
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The elderly man recognised the man as one of three people who visited him at his home in June 2020 and introduced themselves as investigators in a murder case he had been implicated in, Hawks spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale said.
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A
man has been sentenced to three years behind bars after he failed to provide
police with an explanation for the R9 million and $900 000 found in his
possession.
The
Bloemfontein Regional Court convicted and sentenced Raise Baig, 29, on
Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to money laundering.
Baig
and another man were arrested on 14 February 2017 at the Bram Fischer
International Airport in Bloemfontein.
Police
spokesperson Captain Christopher Singo said the men could not provide an
explanation for their possession of the cash when authorities asked them about
it.
He said:
Baig was found guilty and sentenced to eight years imprisonment, of which five years was suspended on condition that he is not found guilty of the same offence during the period of his suspension. He will serve three years of direct imprisonment.
Crime 4.3.2021 01:30 pm Man jailed after cops catch him with R9 million and almost $1 million at Bloem airport News24 Wire He was also fined R200 000, of which R100 000 was suspended.
A man has been sentenced to three years behind bars after he failed to provide police with an explanation for the R9 million and $900 000 found in his possession.
The Bloemfontein Regional Court convicted and sentenced Raise Baig, 29, on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to money laundering.
Baig and another man were arrested on 14 February 2017 at the Bram Fischer International Airport in Bloemfontein.
Police spokesperson Captain Christopher Singo said the men could not provide an explanation for their possession of the cash when authorities asked them about it.