A 48-year-old man was arrested by the Middelburg-based Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit on October 14, 2024, as an additional suspect in a card skimming fraud case.
The first accused, Sfiso Masuku (32), a Swati national, was arrested on March 5, 2024, for violating the Cybercrime Act, Act 19 of 2020. Investigations by the Hawks revealed that the second suspect was also involved in the skimming operations at a local fuel station where motorists used their bank cards to pay for fuel.
Investigators from ABSA and First National Bank grew suspicious that a skimming device was being used by the station’s petrol attendants. The case was handed over to the Hawks for further investigation.
A search and seizure operation, led by the Hawks and bank officials, resulted in the discovery of the skimming device in Masuku’s possession while he was on duty as a petrol attendant.
Masuku was arrested and has appeared in court multiple times. He was released on R10,000 bail. The newly arrested suspect is set to make his first court appearance in the Middelburg District Court on October 15, 2024.