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’Bogus’ lawyer accused of defrauding elderly widows of R1.3m

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Joburg police have arrested a 30-year-old man who is alleged have masqueraded as an estate lawyer then defrauded two widows of R1.3 million.

The man, who used to live in Protea, Soweto, was found to have moved into a R1.5m house in Brackensdown, Alberton where he was arrested.

According to Mbele, the man is not a qualified lawyer but has a “beautiful office” in the Joburg CBD where he runs Amasubas Estate Administrators.The man is alleged to have and requested all documents of the woman’s late husband’s policies and bank balances to transfer them to an estate account. “The same suspect is linked to another case where another female victim of Diepkloof was defrauded R600 000 of her late husband’s estate money.”

 

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