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A Malawian citizen and his South African employee are expected to appear in court, facing a series of charges after they were caught producing false documents in Meyerton, Gauteng.
The 48-year-old man and his 42-year-old female assistant were caught red-handed inside their cyber café.
Documents found within the store include: fake birth and death certificates, registration certificates, tertiary qualifications, identity documents, foreign and local passports, FIU documents, SARS documents, social grant application forms, invoices municipal, vehicle registrations, driver’s license cards, border stamps, asylum documents, police insignia, BBBEE certificates and various government stamps and security cards, among others.
The man had also fabricated his own fake police ID card.
He was arrested after the police carried out an operation in the area after receiving a notification.
Shocked
Gauteng community security MEC Faith Mazibuko was surprised by what she found.
It is alleged that the man managed to renew the passports of the foreigners without going to an embassy.
Mazibuko said the man would be thoroughly investigated to determine if it could be related to other crimes in the country.
“Upon our arrival inside the store, we were surprised to find all the false documents and appointment cards essential for the police and soldiers. They even do a false employment history to help people defraud the FIU.”
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“They also remove people who are indebted to the ITC. Police have seized everything inside the store, including the computers and machines they were using,” Mazibuko said.
Mazibuko was later present when a nearby supermarket was raided for selling expired food.
She said that some of the items had expired in 2018 and 2019.
The owner of the store, also a foreign citizen, was found operating with a false company registration. It was suspected that it had been obtained from the internet cafe.
‘Teasing’
“The owner did not explain why he was selling past due items. These are the things that show us that our communities are taken for a walk by people, some of them undocumented.”
“They found us sound asleep in South Africa and committed these crimes. It is also us, as South Africans, who come to buy these expired items because we think they are cheap.”
“One thing I like about these coronavirus operations is that it showed us that we have not been monitoring such things,” Mazibuko said.
Mazibuko asked people to continue reporting to the authorities on any irregularities.
“As a South African, you cannot see when the wrong things are done in your area and remain silent. Report and continue to send information. If you do not trust your local police, check with your local CPF and share that information on our hotline numbers or through our social media accounts, “said Mazibuko.
Meanwhile, an individual was arrested for transporting sheep that had allegedly been stolen. Mazibuko said the person was arrested on N12.
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