Klerksdorp – Company director Caroline Diana Sserufusa, arrested for her alleged part in stealing more than R600 000 from a pension payout belonging to a 47-year-old woman, has appeared at the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court sitting in Klerksdorp, North West.
The court heard that last year, in June, the complainant dated a Nigerian man only known to her as Chris.
However, matters came to a head after a few weeks of dating, when Chris persuaded her to resign from her job and withdraw her pension.
The love-struck woman did as Chris asked. She left her job and claimed her pension.
In July 2023, she received a pension payout of R634 169, which she informed Chris about.
Allegations are that Chris went to the complainant’s house in Jouberton township, where he talked her into giving him her banking app login details.
The complainant said, unbeknownst to her, Chris used her banking app to transfer R610 000 into a bank account that she did not know.
The complainant said that was the last time she saw Chris.
Realising that she had been duped, the complainant reported the matter to the police.
The matter was referred to the Klerksdorp-based Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation Unit for further investigation.
The investigation revealed that the money was transferred to a business account called TNH Collection and General Trading (Pty) LTD, whose sole director is 37-year-old Caroline Diana Sserufusa.
Earlier this week on Monday, (7 October 2024), Sserufusa was arrested in Johannesburg.
She appeared in court on Wednesday, (9 October 2024), and was granted bail of R8 000.
Her matter was adjourned to 25 October 2024.
The Nigerian lover has since disappeared into thin air.
