Fraud, forgery case postponed

The fraud and forgery case alleged to have been committed by 51-year-old Nelson Kazombiaze has been postponed to 3 November after his first court appearance at the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court last week. According to the Erongo crime investigation coordinator, Chief Inspector Erastus Iikuyu, the case was postponed to allow the Namibian police to complete their investigations. “It is suspected that on 5 September, Kazombiaze obtained an ID duplicate as well as a duplicate of the victim's Standard Bank credit card from the bank's Maerua Mall branch in Windhoek,” Iikuyu said.The ID and credit card belonged to Stephanus Kefas, a businessman from Oshakati. It is alleged Kazombiaze forged the complainant's signature and increased the withdrawal daily limit of the victim's account to N$100 000.According to the police, Kazombiaze withdrew money from various cash points in Windhoek and transferred some to different accounts in transactions amounting to nearly N$4 million. “It is suspected that on Wednesday (13 September) at about 21:00, the suspect arrived in Swakopmund from Windhoek and withdrew about N$90 000 from different Standard Bank ATMs around Swakopmund.“The security guards at the ATMs alerted the police about the suspect withdrawing a large amount of money from ATMs and on Thursday between 10:00 and 11:00, he was arrested while trying to withdraw money at the main branch's ATM in Swakopmund main branch,” Iikuyu said.Kazombiaze, who was found in possession of the victim's ID, credit card and N$9 111 in cash at his arrest, will remain in custody until his next trial date. The preliminary investigation revealed that the bank managed to reverse about N$3 million in transfers back into the victim's account. The money alleged to have been stolen so far is roughly N$900 000.Adolf Kaure

Fraud, forgery case postponed

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Namibian Sun 2026-11-13

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Fraud, forgery case postponed

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