Zimbabwean arrested for being in possession of fake ID

Oscar Thomas
29 June 2014

 

A Zimbabwean was arrested on Friday on Madiba Street for allegedly being in possession of a fake ID.

Department of Home Affairs director of fraud prevention and detection Nora Pitsi said it was unclear how the man had obtained the document.

The owner of the document had lost it, but was able to track down the fraudster who had assumed his identity but replaced his photo. Pitsi said the owner convinced the fraudster to return it and then tipped off the department.

Home affairs counter Corruption’s Nora Pitsi said I also want to state this matter is still under further investigation to uncover if there are any collision between the suspect and the department of home affairs officials or any other practitioner that may be involved in helping the suspect obtain these documents.

“We want to state that we will continue working very closely with the Hawks in order to stomp down on corruption Pitsi added.