Card skimming device source, Andrew Luyanda Ndzuzo (54) was yesterday, 13 September 2023 sentenced by the Serious Commercial Crimes Court as follows:
Count 1: sentenced for contravening Section 18(2)(a) of the Riotous Assemblies Act 17 of 1956 ( Conspiracy to commit fraud) to two (2) yeas imprisonment in terms of section 276 (1) (b) of Act 51 of1977
Count 2 to 31: he was sentenced in terms of Section 86(1) of the Electronic Communication and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 (ECT Act)
All thirty (30) counts are taken together for sentencing purposes to six (6) years imprisonment in terms of 276 (1)(b) of Act 51 of 77 of which three (3) years imprisonment is suspended for five (5) years in terms of section 297 I (b) of Act 51 of 1977.
The Court orders in terms of section 280(2) of Act 51 of 77 that one (1) of the years imposed on count 1 be served concurrently with the sentenced imposed on the Electronic Communications and Transaction Act counts.
The sentence comes after his conviction on 09 September 2023
It is reported that Ndzuzo was implicated in providing an electronic skimming device to a petrol attendant at Shell Ultra Breede Valley in Worcester.
This would enable the petrol attendant to compromise card details of clients. Information was followed up and operationalised which led to the arrest of the accused on 21 April 2016.
Ndzuzo, will effectively serve four (4) years direct imprisonment. He is further declared unfit to possess a firearm.
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