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Man's shock as his picture is used in R6m fraud case

Educator struggles to get Hawks to clarify wanted cyber thief stole his ID

Noxolo Sibiya Journalist

A 34-year-old father from Bloemfontein, Free State, was shocked when he woke up on Monday to find his picture splashed all over the internet as a wanted suspect for a R6m cyber heist of a pharmacy.

Despite proving his identity was stolen, the former teacher and researcher has tried in vain to get the Hawks to retract a picture they published, thrusting him into the national spotlight for the 2019 hacking of the Kimberley pharmacy...

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