Teachers charged in P25,000 cash loan scam

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

FRANCISTOWN: Three female teachers appeared in court on Monday facing charges of obtaining by false pretences and uttering false documents, in connection with an alleged scam which defrauded a local cash loan business of just over P25,000.

The state alleges that Boitshenyetsi Kgosana (42) committed three counts of obtaining by false pretences and three counts of uttering false documents in Francistown.

Kgosana, a teacher at Ngakaagae Community Junior Secondary School, allegedly forged a copy of the identity card of Mashajwa Katlholo, an employee of Helping Hand Cash Loan, forged an advice slip of payroll bearing her names, forged Barclays Bank statement of account bearing her names and wrong address on March 12, 2013 at Helping Hand Cash Loan.

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Teachers charged in P25,000 cash loan scam

FRANCISTOWN: Three female teachers appeared in court on Monday facing charges of obtaining by false pretences and uttering false documents, in connection with an alleged scam which defrauded a local cash loan business of just over P25,000.

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