Woman arrests her ‘scammer’ appearing for another case

“As I was sitting in court I saw him [Thabo] coming in and getting into the witness box and by that time Motolla was not yet inside the court as he was stuck in traffic. A few minutes later I saw him walking in. When the case was postponed I saw Thabo getting out of the dock and I grabbed him by my left hand and pulled him outside the court and that’s when I started making a noise that he defrauded me and I asked him for my money back. He just kept quiet. Police came and arrested him,” said the woman.

The state alleges that Chele and Thabo  It’s alleged that Chele targeted medical workers and convinced them to invest in his non-existent pharmacy business before allegedly disappearing with their money. 

The woman is believed to be the latest victim after she was scammed of R800,000 of her pension money. 

Shesaid she was introduced by someone she knew as Moosa to Thabo who posed as a herbalist. The two allegedly convinced her to invest in the business that he was running with Chele.

“They knew I was about to retire but they convinced me to take an early retirement and cash out my pension and give it to them and that my investment will grow into R5m.”

After withdrawing the money, Thabo and Moosa called the woman to bring her money to an ancestral ceremony in Vereeniging where Thabo would perform rituals to increase her investment to R5m.

She alleged that the two men disappeared with her money after the ceremony. 

Police spokesperson Col Mavela Masondo confirmed that a new case of fraud was opened against Thabo Chele on Thursday.

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