May 2, 2007

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  NEWS: S.A. Man Faked Plastic

  An unnamed forty-year-old man was apprehended in Johannesburg, South Africa, for manufacturing fake credit cards last week. Western Cape police say that they planned a sting on the man's home and place of business after suspecting him of the illegal activities for quite some time. Captain Randall Stoffells released a statement that the man was nabbed in Kuilsriver, near Cape Town, in the midst of a search and seizure operation by police and local officials.
  
  Cape Town, or Kaapstad, in Afrikaans - is the city with the third highest population in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the City of Cape Town. It is the provincial capital of the Western Cape, as well as the legislative capital of South Africa, where the National Parliament and many government offices are located. South Africa's credit card industry is still growing, but it's clear that the plague of more credit card-advanced societies – identity theft – has already taken hold!
  
  Stoffels claims that detectives took the man into custody on suspicion of fraud, and the manufacturing of fraudulent credit cards with the intent to use them. During the authorities' investigation, searches unearthed a plethora of fake credit cards (cloned from actual stolen consumer credit card numbers), a slew of fraudulent identification documents, and a few vehicles that may or may not have been stolen.
  
  The gentleman in question is expected to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Wednesday for arraignment.
  
  
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