A third person has been arrested in the pending Vodacom banking fraud case, the Johannesburg Commercial Crimes Court heard on Friday.<\/p>\n
The suspect was a woman believed to be from Orange Farm.<\/p>\n
She would initially appear separately from her co-accused Mbokodana Khoza and Mbusi Bhengu and would, at a later date, join them in the dock.<\/p>\n
Khoza and Bhengu appeared in court on Friday and their cases were remanded to different dates.<\/p>\n
The State alleges that the two men formed part of a syndicate that stole millions of rands from clients of all four major banks — First National Bank, Standard Bank, Absa, Nedbank, as well as Capitec Bank.<\/p>\n
Most of the clients were defrauded after their banking details were stolen by the syndicate through a method known as phishing — the acquiring of sensitive information such as passwords, by masquerading as a business in electronic communication.<\/p>\n