Specialist engineer arrested for 'siphoning R103m' from Absa bank

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A specialist engineer at Absa who allegedly fraudulently transferred R103m into six different bank accounts over four months has been arrested by the Hawks.

Sandton Absa engineer Xolela Masebeni allegedly transferred the money between September and December 2021.

Hawks spokesperson Capt Ndivhuwo Mulamu said the matter was reported by the bank to to the authorities after an internal investigation. “Masebeni was successfully traced and arrested in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday, January 19,” she said.The 30-year-old was remanded pending further investigation.

“The matter was transferred to the Palm Ridge specialised commercial crimes court and is expected to be in court on January 27 for a legal representative and bail application,” said Mulamu.

 

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One engineer =6 accounts bha ha ha ha Mooi man good Hawks

This moron was also arrested in his village in eastern Cape, Kanti what's wrong with thiefs and their home town? Dude you have R103M just disappear.

He must have been watching Money Heist days and nights...and taking Professor’s advice

This one can lead us

Lockdown and travel ban messed him up, he could not flee with the loot

WietsG 'Africanicity'? Asking for a friend.😉

For 4 months? Were they sleeping?

We need people like him👍 taking back what has been stolen from us….

Threw away your career over greed and entitlement.

Four months R103M like how - no FIC flags, sanctions on the 6 accounts?

They even have his picture?

Xhosas are smart though 😀😀😀😀😆

He must have taught other black fellows on how to make money.

This is the real specialist engineer

Hes astupid not an engineer. Obvious he should have known that there will be a trail

Clever man... Smart

The ICT industry must be ordered not to belittle key traditional professions. You get Systems Engineers & Architects while there's nothing engineering / architectural in there.

Iqhawe madoda 👌👌👌

A computer whiz kid 🤣

so fast🙆

Now thats an ENGINEEER!

Can he not be arrested with ordinary criminal, he should be allowed to go lecture Cybersecurity at University during the day and spend the night at Kgotsi Mampuru at night that way the country will benefit CyrilRamaphosa RonaldLamola HamiltonCele GungubeleMondli

Say whaaa!!? Promote that man and put him in the fraud department. Clearly y'all didn't watch Bad Boys II. WTF.

See how they show his face lol 🤣

Multiply this by 3 and that is how much Zuma allegedly used on his nkandla homestead. Do you see now what a fool you were for being manipulated by the WMC propaganda? They steal trillions and distract us with these peanuts. Then you 'peasants' kill each other for peanuts. Muntu😑

I hope he take time for it and return home to blow it...

103 M naye uyenze too much

Indoda emadodeni lena, along Live Qabane !

UnmovedLee So quick to attach a face when a black man is suspected of a crime racist tabloids.Shouldn't you be waiting for the courts to find him guilty before splashing his face all over the net?

Mara warra 103 mill? Nkabe ano betha 2 m.. per year nyana 😂😂

Did they find the money?

African suspect faces are just easily splashed, but if it's a European, the face is hidden. Bloody useless Hawks

Askies comrade but I think you will afford bail

mans was begging to get caught, no ways 🤣

At least he's handsome and educated, there some really ugly looking fraudsters with not even high school qualification.

Is he a South African citizen?

Why show his face? because he defrauded Absa? Those criminals who kidnapped, robbed, and kidnap ordinary people, their faces are always hidden.

Wish you do the same with white folks, share their pics instead of buildings. Be consistent

I'm sure he was well paid. But he chose the easiest route to become rich

MoWelkin Why was he still in Queenstown 😩😩

In their dna.

Another ‘engineer’……

Ai.

Dijosti Typical Affirmative Action appointees

💪

Media own by oppressors problems is black people we are not united that is why they treat us lyk dirt

mmbongany Izinja Madoda

Mthigo_ Leadership

Well done sir hope the loot is somewhere safe and after 10years you can apply for parole🥃🖤

I wish his lawyers can sue media houses for showing his b4 he appears in court. You have not followed media law in relation to suspects appearing in court... AndiMakinana

Well done hope you kept some aside for when you come out

Why are you exposing his face? While the face of murders, Rapists and Robbers are always covered damn the Constitution is flawed it needs to be changed. LindiweSisuluwasright

why is his identity already out there?

If it was a White Person we where going to see Buildings, Streets or even a Money not the first till today we still haven't seen the faces of Indians who killed our People during PhoenixMassacre

Masebeni is leadership.

Good my brother we need to support you

So doing the wrong thing is now shadowed by - incorrect pic being shown, race related arguments, etc. It's sad SA doesn't see the point after all it could be your funds being siphoned.

Up until today we have never seen the faces of the Indian killers who brutally killed black people in Phoenix in July 2021. Phoenixmassarcre remember?

Steal the money and relocate Maan, this guy!!!

mmbongany Release that man he has some cash to spend please

Simza_396225 Is he a foreigner?

He beat Absa at his own game … give that man a fine and set him free abeg

He must rot in jail..

If only he was white!

Such a promising career and he just f''' it up...

Tsek!!

Face shown cos he is black

Absa you hate engineers qha nina 😂. Leave the guy to enjoy soft life

Great Job

Izinja madada🏃🏃

I guess he wasn't a specialist in hiding away from the long arm of the law.

An bit greedy are we?

In the US guys like this are employed by the Agency so to learn the expertise rather than throw him into jail and waste skills. He can be used onto cyber crime as lots and lots crime is performed on that regards.

He did a good job.

Why are you showing his face and saying allegedly at the same time...take this shit off

Was going well at first without being caught those months but probably slipped in mistakes and got busted in december

Hawks big on recently discovered corporate thieves. Politicians who've been stealing for eons, not so much!

He will be good at scamming other prisoners ana still fail.😂😂😂😂

Lol 😂 😂 😂 lack of skill of cleaning money

We see his face coz he's black. Trust me i don't like playing race card but SA media has been doing this for quite some time now

Leave that black man alone he's already the victim of the situation.

He should have bought bitcoin ai

He will still get paid

If y'all did the same with politicians SA would be much better... Again I bet you wouldn't show his face if he was white but what do I know?🤷

What about R 2m from Nkandla?

Bad taste to show his face like this. He was just arrested.

I am always surprised when bank employees think they can rob the bank of millions and they won’t know it’s you.

Hero👊

Just can’t enough of your love for my money

A specialist engineer at ABSA? You are far too generous with these titles...How was he caught then?

What the 😡

i know an innocent man when i see one

Best in 2021 to 2022 you are the man poi

His logic 'hide 100m.. Go to prison for 10yrs.. Parole in app. 5.. Come back retire..' not bad at all

Hope he stashed most of the cash because he will need it when his out

What I find funny about a lot of these stories and state capture report is that I still strongly and foolishly believe that the way to succeed is honest very hard work 🤣🤣🤣🤣

You tried bro...next leave no audit trail!!!

Why show his face?

😂😂😂 Specialist engineer!!! Engineering bank accounts. What's in a title? 😂😂Means nada to some and EVERYTHING to another.

He should do it again.

If he was umlunguu let me tool

Sorie Boy nestym dipozit to me .ok?

I like this guy, I don't think he'll be convicted unless he shows the Hawks how it's done

Money face failed to complete loading.....

They are so quick to show a black person's face

Goodness and I got nothing again!? ⁉️ 💔 💔 💔

I am so disappointed he was caught, this chap his life is almost sorted

Does the bank get its money back or is it over?

Zola mahobe number 2

AYINGEKE HIS WIFE OR GIRLFRIEND IS USLESS IF HE TOLD HER YOH 🙆🏽‍♀️KUBEBENGINTOMBI YAKHE 😏 hehehe😈 😼 UABSA UBUZONGKHOMBA 🤞🏽

Risk it all

Q_to_you So I was just counting neh; from 1M…..8,9,10Mill to 100Mill? Hey?!

S'khokho👍🤙

Is he from the MYANC or EFFSouthAfrica ?

So it’s a black thief 🤔

He had only 1 job,to makes us all rich, nkabe nou remo jesa fresh in prison

maggsnaidu Yhuuuuuuu!!!!

Waze wabhayiza

He meant real meant business 😅

I totally understand mna 🤣

😃🙌🏽

Its always the good looking ones

This one is not such a bad criminal but his face is shown. These ones who kill and mug us their faces get hidden

So glad our people are now accused of 'siphoning' as well🤸‍♀️

We've been warning minister about the rude action of behaviour by Absa employees. We were experiencing very bad attitude by Absa employees at least now the devil is busted. He must rot in jail

Thieving only suits for south Africans when it's Bushiries and Guptas that's where it's out of hand

Mthigo_ He’s the fall guy. He didn’t do it

Yho!!

If it was a white man, we were only going to see Absa building

The Guy was not playing.

If he was caucasian would have not shown his face. 🤔stay Woke People.

Leave him alone. Absa is a Criminal syndicate have been stealing billions from our people for years what is R103Million

This is leadership 👏

'Engineer'...🤣😂🤣

Why would an engineer throw it all away like this?

Black child u are on your own

Good job hawks. This criminal thought he would get away with it.

People want jobs some are playing with theirs

Use Affirmative Action , they say . Black empowerment they say , they are honest they say!!!!

If it was a YT boy the hawks would still be investigating like they doing with Steinhoff it goes to saying “blck man you are on your own” 🥺😢🥺😢

Hoerang26 Because he’s not white you show us his face ai baloi

Dude you my role model

RotVanRotterdam Not a specialist this one

The other side of ‘Go Big or Go Home’ they don’t tell you about...

Jesu kreste modimo wa di clever bana ebe bare boloi boteng nna ka gana

Legend

So this guy as smart as he is thought 103m wouldn’t go noticed

Till today you haven't showed us the face of those indians that killed more than 500 people in Phoenix PhoenixMassacre

Eyi kuyafana, even if he got away with it. He probably was going to blow it eKonka.

And the 500billion

Nai Xolela u can't make your name gat like that. R103m over 4mnths is a bit much. A mil every 4mnths would've been less conspicuous. Now what? U're fucked. In your defense it was'nt siphoned from the public purse. Whether that's goin to count as mitigation is another matter😝

South Africa seems to be the right environment for all types of crooks, the inspiration being Jacob Zuma!

Rich forever!

Kentsorio Is he not one of those who take small amounts of money from each account, knowing that people won't do follow-ups?

Wasted talent! 😞

Only R103m? He could have done better.

I knew this engineer was black as soon as I saw the news first.

R103 000 000.00 in 4 months ......... thats some serious money, and skills, Probably got too greedy. Wasn't R 100 MIL enough

George Koch!

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What exactly is the job description of a specialist engineer at the bank? A whole specialist engineer at a bank.

Ohh yini shame

Oh boy!!! 🙆🏾‍♂️ Career gone....

His face is all over the place because he is an African child, if he was European or Indian it was to be a different story, welcome to the fake rainbow nation.

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Jesus where was I to give him my banking details to transfer? 😭😭😭😭😭 I would be paying for his bail now

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