A 38-year-old Muanikoso man has been charged by Police for allegedly obtaining $35,000 in a taxi permit scam.
It is alleged that the man obtained the money from 4 individuals on the pretext of selling taxi permits between November 2016 to April 2017.
Police say the man allegedly obtained between $6,000 to $14,000 each from the four victims during this period.
They say he was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department’s Economic Crime Unit and charged with four counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception.
The man was produced in the Suva Magistrates Court and has been remanded in custody.
The case will be called again today.
