Mpumalanga estate agent nabbed for RDP fraud
The Hawks in Mpumalanga have arrested an estate agent for allegedly selling RDP houses without the knowledge of the owners.
Annica van Staden, 46, was first arrested in Soweto in August 2019.
She was released on bail but failed to show up for her next court appearance.
Hawks spokesperson Dineo Sekgotodi says she was eventually nabbed in Boksburg on Monday.
Sekgotodi says she was allegedly selling RDP houses without the knowledge of the owners.
“The buyers allegedly paid money into her business trust account, trading as ‘Housing First Eiendomme’. As soon as the money was received into her account, it would be transferred to her accomplices.
“A further investigation linked her with other cases of fraud worth a total value of approximately R184 000. These cases are in Orange Farm, Nelspruit, Lydenburg and Piet Retief, where more than 36 potential witnesses laid complaints against her,” says Sekgotodi.
She is set to appear in the Middelburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.
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