A 30-year-old South African man has been sentenced for peddling fake asylum permits and drivers’ licenses.
This was confirmed in a recent statement issued by the South African Police Service and according to the statement, the man is identified as Maguve Mapuvire.
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He was arrested after the police received information about the accused manufacturing, issuing and selling Zimbabwean and South African driver’s licences, asylum seeker temporary permits and passports.
After receiving the report, the police then proceeded to do some investigations and it was through these investigations that he was nabbed.
The statement from the police reads;
“Media Statement
Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (HAWKS)
NORTHERN CAPE – Maguve Mapuvire (30) has been convicted and sentenced by Mothibistad Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 11 May 2021 for fraud and contravention of Immigration Act 13 of 2002.
The Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team received information about the accused manufacturing, issuing and selling Zimbabwean and South African driver’s licences, asylum seeker temporary permits and passports.
Undercover transactions aimed at gathering evidence were conducted with the accused and he was subsequently arrested in November 2019. The accused was charging amounts varying from R1000 to R2500 for these fraudulent documents.
Mapuvire was sentenced to eight years imprisonment of which three years is suspended for the period of five years, he will serve an effective five years direct imprisonment without an option of a fine.”
Source: ghgossip.com
