Authorities are searching for a man in connection with the theft of R895,000 from a university professor’s bank account, Gauteng police said on Tuesday (14 August 2012).<\/p>\n
The money was transferred out of the account and into three other accounts in October 2011, Warrant Officer Xoli Mbele said. It was not immediately clear how this was done.<\/p>\n
Money was transferred from two of the three accounts without any of the fraudsters being caught. However, a man and a woman were caught on CCTV cameras withdrawing money from the third account at two FNB banks.<\/p>\n
The duo made two withdrawals from an FNB bank in the Johannesburg CBD and another two from a bank at The Glen shopping mall in the south of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n
Altogether, they withdrew about R325,000 in cash.<\/p>\n
The FNB account was in the name of “Sihle Derrick Zondi” and police were searching for this individual.<\/p>\n
Mbele said the pair used the same tellers at each bank. Both bank employees had since been fired and arrested.<\/p>\n
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