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Two women found guilty of defrauding widow in elaborate romance scam

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Two women found guilty of defrauding widow in elaborate romance scam
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The Gqeberha Regional Court in the Eastern Cape has found two women guilty of fraud and money laundering in an elaborate online romance scam.



Thina Mpuhlu, 45, and Thembeka Bendon, 50, were convicted of defrauding an unsuspecting 64-year-old widow of more than R500 000 between March and May 2014.



Victim lured into fake online relationship



The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said Mpuhlu and Bendon preyed on the mathematics teacher by orchestrating an online romance scam along with o

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