45 year old charged for scam

A 45 year old man has been charged with 67 counts of Obtaining Financial Advantage by Deception and one count of Possession of Property Suspected of being Proceeds of Crime.

An investigation conducted by the Criminal Investigations Department’s Major Fraud Unit, Anti-Money Laundering Unit and Cyber Crime Task Force, revealed that the accused residing in Namadi Heights, had allegedly between the month of January 2020 to January 2023 obtained more than $57,000 from the victim through online banking and the mobile money transfer platform.

Police Investigation revealed that the victim was sending money to the accused as partial payments for land plots, which he later discovered did not belong to the accused.

The accused has also been charged with one count of Possession of Property Suspected of being Proceeds of Crime as he allegedly used the money to purchase properties.

He will be produced at the Suva Magistrates Court this afternoon.