Raydson Lehlogonolo Ntsala (35); used his IT skills to hack and rob a woman of R350 000; the woman was in the middle of discussing the investment of the funds with her broker; when Ntsala intervened with his fraudulant intent.
In late 2017; the unnamed victim; visited her daughter in Germany; this is when Ntsala pounced on the victim; using the window of when she was outside the country; and would not have easily contacted her broker to verify many details.
The deal between the broker and the woman was on the table; so there was nothing alarming to her; when she received an email directing her to where she was supposed to deposit the funds.
The woman was none the wiser; that her computer had been hacked by Ntsala; who was now posing as her broker. She went on to authorise the amount of R350 000 to be paid into Ntsala’s account after she received the computer hacker’s email.
According to the spokesperson for the Hawks in Gqeberha; Captain Yolisa Mgolodela; after authorising the transfer of the funds; the victim contacted the broker and checked if everything was in order; she got a shock of her life to discover that; the broker had no idea what she was talking about.
They later established that the email had emanated from a hacker; with malicious intent. The matter was reported to the Hawks leading to the accused; being finally arrested in Rustenberg; on 28 January 2021.
He was released on R2000 bail and was eventually convicted on 14 October 2021.
The Gqeberha Regional court; ordered the fraudster; to repay the victim as part of his sentence. The computer hacker was ordered to pay the victim R3500 per month; until the R350 000; he stole is ‘paid in full.’
Ntsala; must immediately pay R10 000 and thereafter he must pay the victim R3500 per month until the balance is settled; all this is estimated to take approximately eight years.
Ntsala was sentenced to three years of correctional supervision; and ordered to repay his victim in instalments; after committing the fraud in 2017.
This should be a lesson for young IT specialists who hide behind keyboards and think they are invincible and untrceable; that crime does not pay.
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/technology/breaking-computer-hacker-ordered-to-pay-victim-r3500-per-month-until-r350k-he-stole-is-paid-in-full/
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