{"id":12652,"date":"2014-01-17T16:58:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T16:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=12652"},"modified":"2014-01-17T16:58:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T16:58:08","slug":"s-african-criminals-admitting-and-registering-students-now-at-a-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=12652","title":{"rendered":"S. African criminals &#8216;admitting and registering&#8217; students now &#8211; at a price"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Admissions-600x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12653\" alt=\"Admissions-600x300\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Admissions-600x300-300x150.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Admissions-600x300-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Admissions-600x300-148x74.jpg 148w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Admissions-600x300-31x16.jpg 31w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Admissions-600x300-38x19.jpg 38w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Admissions-600x300-425x213.jpg 425w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Admissions-600x300-535x268.jpg 535w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Admissions-600x300-297x150.jpg 297w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Admissions-600x300.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Police in Kwazulu-Natal province have warned\u00a0first year\u00a0students to take extra precautions during their registrations. They are warned not to make any payments on a street or in vehicles.\u00a0It is alleged that criminals are\u00a0promising\u00a0students\u00a0entrance\u00a0to universities\u00a0and\u00a0requesting the\u00a0students to pay fees to them. They allegedly take the students to their vehicles where the payments are done. The suspects will issue students with replica registration forms and a student number belonging to someone else making\u00a0the deal\u00a0look legitimate. The student is then sent home and told to come back with the balance of the money for the chosen courses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Wednesday, 15 January 2014 Berea police received information about this scam in the area and they\u00a0initiated an\u00a0investigation. A 26-year-old man was arrested and was found in possession of fraudulent documents used to carry out this scam. The suspect was charged with fraud and was detained in the Berea police cells.\u00a0We\u00a0believe that more suspects\u00a0will\u00a0be arrested\u00a0for operating\u00a0this scam. The suspect is due to appear in the Durban Magistrate\u2019s Court soon. Police have appealed to\u00a0any other person who has fallen victim to this scam to report the incident to their local\u00a0police station. &#8211; SA Police media service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Kwazulu-Natal province have warned\u00a0first year\u00a0students to take extra precautions during their registrations. They are warned not to make any payments on a street or in vehicles.\u00a0It is alleged that criminals are\u00a0promising\u00a0students\u00a0entrance\u00a0to universities\u00a0and\u00a0requesting the\u00a0students to pay fees to them. They allegedly take the students to their vehicles where the payments are done. The suspects &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=12652\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;S. 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