Two suspected fraudsters denied bail in Windhoek

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Two male suspects, both aged 19, were on Wednesday denied bail in the Katutura Magistrate’s Court after they were arrested on charges of fraud, forgery and uttering.

The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) on Thursday in a media statement indicated that Jerome Haragaob and Simon Shuuya allegedly owns Gure Trading, which falsified its association with the law firm Sisa Namandje & Co. Inc.

Through the false association with the law firm, they allegedly committed fraud in the Khomas and Erongo regions as several businesspeople paid money in order to conduct business with their company.

The pair through their company reportedly indicated that they are specialists in sand mining, bricklaying, diamond polishing and food production and were apparently associated with the law firm and other government entities.

NamPol further said Haragaob and Shuuya claimed to be facilitators and service providers who then demanded payments to process proposals.

“The suspects are students at institutions of higher learning in the capital and reside in Shandumbala location in Windhoek,” said the police statement.

NamPol is now calling on any person who might have fallen victim to their scam to contact any police station or the NamPol public relations division.

Haragaob and Shuuya are expected to return to court on 23 August 2022 for a bail application hearing and both are remanded in police custody.

Sisa Namandje & Co. Inc on its part distanced itself from Gure Trading and consequently registered a case with the police which led to the arrest of the two suspects on 08 August 2022.

Police investigations into the matter continue.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency