A 42-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man have been charged by the Fiji Police MPAiSA Task Force in two separate cases with obtaining financial advantage by deception through the mobile money transfer app.
Police say the first report involves the woman residing in Natabua, Lautoka who had allegedly sent a fake text message to the victim stating that he had received $200.
She had then called him saying that the money was wrongly sent and requested that it can be sent to her number.
He had checked the balance and noticed that there was no prior transfer of $200.
The accused had withdrawn the $200 at a supermarket outlet in Lautoka.
The woman will appear in the Lautoka Magistrates Court today.
The second report involves a 32-year-old man of Lautoka alleged to have dishonestly obtained $730 from a member of the public.
The man had allegedly sent a message to the victim stating that he was a supermarket employee selling goods and asked the victim to select items to purchase.
The accused asked the victim to send the amount of money and failed to deliver the goods.
The man will appear in the Lautoka Magistrates Court today.
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