2 to front court for scam

The Fiji Police Force Mpaisa Task Force have charged another two individuals for allegedly obtaining financial advantage by deception through the mobile money transfer app.

The first accused, a 19-year-old from Navo in Nadi, is alleged to have dishonestly obtained cash amounting to $2991, from a member of a public through the Mpaisa platform.

The investigation revealed that on the 1st day of August 2023, the accused made a phone call to the victim and informed her that his one time password was mistakenly sent to her phone and asked for her details.

The victim provided the accused her one time password enabling the transfer of the $2991, which he later withdrew from two outlets in Nadi.

The accused has been charged with one count of Obtaining Financial Advantage by Deception. In the second case, a 33 year old woman also from Navo in Nadi is alleged to have on the 10th day of August 2023, dishonestly obtained cash amounting to $2000 from a major supermarket in Nakasi.

The accused allegedly called the supermarket manager and pretended to be a Vodafone staff, informing him that their Mpaisa machine needed to be upgraded.

The manager approved, and during the process, the accused transferred the said sum of money into her Mpaisa account which she later withdrew in Nadi.

Both accused persons will be produced at the Nadi Magistrates Court today.