... a Nigerian syndicate had infiltrated the national airline and is colluding with its staff in scamming thousands of unsuspecting people.
According to the Johannesburg newspaper, forensic investigators have discovered that between January and August 2006, call centre staff at flysaa.com have helped the syndicate to process 1 949 fraudulent transactions, costing the national carrier more than R14m.
The syndicate has apparently recruited several staff at the call centre to help them buy airline tickets using unsuspecting international tourists' credit cards, which they sell to a third party at half the price, the article says.
"The lack of control and concern by management is shocking. This new humiliation could be another reason why SAA finds itself in such a dismal financial state," said Hennie Bekker, IFP spokesperson on public enterprises.
