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Cape Town - A warrant was issued on Wednesday for a Kauai waiter who failed
to appear in a Western Cape court to face charges of credit card
fraud.
Mototo Mtwa, 31, failed to appear in the Bellville Specialised
Commercial Crime court due to migraines and a backache.
Mtwa's counsel, George Claasen, handed to the court a medical
certificate that declared him "booked off" for two days, June 30
and July 1, with the migraines and backache.
Prosecutor Mary Naidoo told magistrate Amrith Chabilall the case
was on the roll for plea and trial, but the proceedings could not
commence without Mtwa's presence.
Chabilall ordered that the arrest warrant be executed.
The case was postponed to July 15.
Mtwa and two other former waiters at Kauai Juice outlets, Andili
Mafanya, 25, and Zukile Matinse, 26, were to have gone on trial on
Wednesday on charges that included the alleged cloning of credit
cards.
The three faced charges of conspiracy to commit fraud, seven
counts of fraud itself, seven of forgery and one involving the
alleged transgression of the Electronic Communications and
Transactions Act.
Naidoo said the three were friends, and had worked as waiters at
different Kauai Juice outlets.
She alleged that they had conspired with one another to make
false credit cards to generate income for themselves.
Naidoo said each was found in possession of a credit card
reader, an electronic device that extracts the banking details,
including the pin number, of the lawful owner.
- Sapa