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A popular Nigerian nightclub owner-convicted sc@mmer, Abdul Samson Olatunji, and his accomplice, Adedayo Quandri, have been jailed in South Africa for defr@uding property traders.
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The Nigerian nationals were sentenced by the Johannesburg specialised commercial crimes court on Friday, July 8, 2022, the same day Olatunji was charged with another fr@ud case.
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According to reports, Olatunji and Adedayo Quandri were sentenced to eight and seven years’ imprisonment respectively by the court, sitting in Palm Ridge.
Olatunji’s nightclub, Hydro Lounge, was a well-known hangout spot in Sandton for alleged members of the Nigerian Black Axe organised crime group and also featured Nigerian musicians.
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He was arrested in 2019 while driving his R2.7m Bentley Cabriolet. He sc@mmed SA businesses out of millions of rand which he used to purchase luxury vehicles including a Mercedes-Benz and a Porsche. Police are understood to have recovered just R700 000 (N17.3m) in cash from the two. The cash was found in a closet at their luxury Waterfall Estate rented home.
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According to National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson, Phindi Mjonondwane, the duo cloned a law firm’s email accounts and st@le over R11m from clients.
Both men pleaded guilty and were convicted on 24 counts of theft, related to cloning the email addresses of conveyancers DM5 and Yaron Waks,” said Mjonondwane.
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The law firms handled property sales and registrations on behalf of its clients, Amogelang Holdings and Lesley Warther respectively. The accused used sp#ware and viruses to monitor emails between the law firms and their clients (property traders) that were about to do/receive transfers from the conveyancers after their properties were sold.
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“They would then send their banking details to the conveyancers, as though these emails were from the property traders, resulting in R7.8m and R4.2m being diverted to their accounts.”
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Olatunji’s troubles are just starting, however, as police charged him for fr@ud in relation to millions of rand st@len from another victim after court proceedings on Friday.