Cape Town - Victims of the black dollar scam believed that they had the magic to turn black pieces of paper into US dollars, a court in Cape Town heard on Thursday.
Police Warrant Officer Gert Botes told the Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Bellville that the scam involved small lock-up safes, stuffed with pieces of black paper cut to the size of the dollar.
He was under cross-examination by Legal Aid defence attorney Hayley Lawrence, at the trial of Captain Siyaza Patrick Siyale, aged 51, and colleague Wilfred Mentoor - both of whom have pleaded not guilty to charges of corruption, theft and defeating the ends of justice.