Mpaisa scammer charged

The Fiji Police Mpaisa Task force has charged a 24-year-old man for allegedly obtaining money dishonestly through the mobile money transfer app.

The accused from Bulileka settlement in Labasa is alleged to have on the 9th day of September 2022, engaged with another and dishonestly obtained more than $700 from a member of the public through the Mpaisa platform.

He is alleged to have told the victim that she had won the Mpaisa lottery where he managed to obtain her One Time Password (OTP), and later transferred the money to his own account, and withdrew the said money at a supermarket in Labasa.

The accused has been charged with one count of Obtaining Financial Advantage and one count of In Possession of Property Believed to be Proceeds of Crime, and will be produced at the Labasa Magistrates Court tomorrow.