A 56-year-old man from Lautoka has been charged by the Criminal Investigations Department’s Major Fraud Unit for allegedly dishonestly obtaining more than $27,000.
Police say it is alleged that between October 2018 and September 2019, while acting as a middleman for an overseas supplier, the man received advance payments totaling over $27,000 from a local buyer for agricultural supplies.
It is alleged that after receiving the payment, he presented a fraudulent bill of landing, claiming it was from the overseas supplier, but did not deliver the goods.
Police say a report was lodged by the local buyer and overseas supplier.
The man has been charged with one count of obtaining property by deception.
He will appear in the Lautoka Magistrates Court today.
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