An alleged syndicate of foreign nationals and South Africans living in the Eastern Cape face dozens of charges of fraud, forgery, theft, human trafficking and money laundering after the SA Police uncovered a simple but ingenious scam which saw Absa Bank lose almost R1m over a year. The alleged modus operandi was that poor and disadvantaged citizens would be transported or “trafficked” to Graaff Reinet and Middelburg from other areas by the alleged syndicate and issued with forged payslips an...