A Gauteng woman who fleeced an unsuspecting buyer who wanted to buy property in Croatia out of R4.5m was sentenced to an effective five years' imprisonment by the Palm Ridge specialised commercial crimes court on Wednesday.
Hawks spokesperson W/O Thatohatsi Mavimbela said Amanda Gloria Edgar, 44, was convicted of fraud and money laundering after being found to be the brains behind a plot to defraud a victim seeking to buy property in Eastern Europe between October 2015 and September 2016.
The complainant met up with who they thought was the owner of the property they were intending on purchasing when during the negotiations they agreed that the property would be sold at 850,000 about R17m. 300,000 about R6m would be payable immediately and the rest of the balance would be payable within two years as stipulated in the contract.