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He and an estate agent are accused of working together to con people.
The 46-year-old estate agent was charged in connection with the alleged scam in 2019.
A 55-year-old Mpumalanga businessman has been arrested in connection with an RDP housing scam and is expected to appear in court alongside estate agent Annica van Staden, who was arrested more than a week ago in connection with the allegations.
Hawks officers arrested the businessman, national security company owner Fotoboy Makua, on Wednesday. The Hawks investigation has linked Makua to Annica van Staden, 46, a real estate agent who was sought and arrested by the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team at her hideout in Boksburg, Gauteng on Monday, 26 April 2021. It has now been established that the pair were working together when selling Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) houses without the knowledge of Tokologo- and Rockdale-based owners, Hawks spokesperson Captain Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi said.
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The Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team has re-arrested a “real estate agent” who has been on the run for months.
Hawks spokesperson Captain Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi said the estate agent was found hiding in Boksburg where she was re-arrested on Monday, 26 April.
ESTATE AGENT FAILED TO SHOW UP IN COURT
Police launched a manhunt to find Annica Van Staden, 46, after she failed to appear in court last year.
“Van Staden who was initially arrested in Protea Glen, Soweto in August 2019, for fraud was released on bail. Her bail was postponed to 11 November 2020 but she evaded court,” said Sekgotodi.
Unfortunately for the estate agent, community members reported her hiding place.
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Annica van Staden failed to appear in court last year.
She allegedly defrauded people of more than R3 million in various scams.
Multiple fraud-accused Annica van Staden, who evaded her initial court case, has reappeared, facing even more charges.
Annica van Staden, 46, who was out on bail for illegally selling RDP houses, vehicles and shipping containers, was rearrested on Monday.
Van Staden was arrested at her hideout in Boksburg after a warrant of arrest was issued.
The Hawks pounced on Van Staden, who had her bags packed and was ready to flee again.
Mpumalanga Hawks spokesperson, Captain Dineo Sekgotodi, said Van Staden appeared in the Middelburg Magistrate s Court on Wednesday.
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