{"id":67717,"date":"2014-09-01T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/67717\/con-man-manages-to-get-r43-000-from-victim\/"},"modified":"2014-09-01T09:34:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T07:34:34","slug":"con-man-manages-to-get-r43-000-from-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/09\/01\/con-man-manages-to-get-r43-000-from-victim\/","title":{"rendered":"Con-man manages to get R43\u00a0000 from victim"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 50-year-old man was arrested on Monday, August 25, in Homestead, Germiston, on charges of fraud.<\/p>\n

The arrest was made when a business owner came into the Primrose Police Station to open a formal case against the accused.<\/p>

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The victim explained that the accused had come to see him and guaranteed the delivery of a machinery part<\/p>\n

, the victim needed for his business.<\/p>

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All the accused asked was that the victim pay a deposit of R43 000 into his account before delivery.<\/p>\n

The victim did as he was asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe victim said he was still waiting for the part to be delivered,” explained communications officer for the Primrose police, Sgt Styles Maome.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition, whenever he tried to call the accused he found his cellphone was off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Using the description given by the victim, detectives were able to trace the suspect and he was arrested.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe appeal to the community to be extra careful when entering into any form of business and\/or contracts; be sure to get all the details,\u201d added Maome.<\/p>\n

The man is set to appear in the Germiston Magistrates Court.<\/p>\n

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