Two in court for alleged financial deception – FBC News

The Fiji Police MPaisa Task Force has charged a 24-year-old man from Nadi with two counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception.

The accused allegedly dishonestly obtained $1,000 on two occasions in July last year.

The accused allegedly posted an ad online regarding an investment opportunity in which the victim sent $600 to the number provided.

The victim then sent an additional $400 the next day, hoping to receive his benefit.

When this did not happen, she reported the matter to the cell phone company, the money was withheld and the matter was reported to the police.

He will be produced at the Nadi Magistrate’s Court today.

In another case, a 37-year-old man from Solovi, Nadi, was accused of dishonestly obtaining $3,520 from a foreign exchange teller in Labasa.

It is alleged that the accused called the victim under the pretext of being an agent of a mobile phone company in September last year, asking him to install the MPAiSA EFPTOS and e-ticket machine.

She then noticed money being transferred and deposited to a mobile number on the machine without her knowledge.

The defendant then withdrew $2,000 from Namaka and sent the rest to a friend, who withdrew the balance of $1,520 and returned the money to him.

The accused has been charged with one count of obtaining financial advantage by deception and will appear before the Nadi Magistrate's Court today.