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Woman charged for allegedly obtaining property by deception

Woman charged for allegedly obtaining property by deception

By Alipate Narawa
12/08/2022

A woman in her 60s has been charged with allegedly obtaining property by deception after she sold a piece of land twice to different buyers.

Police say she is alleged to have made arrangements to sell a piece of land during the month of December 2020 for $30,000 to a 33-year old accountant, who gave her $5,000 as a deposit.

They say the woman then sold the same piece of land to another buyer and did not give the land to the 33-year old as agreed to in the Sales and Purchase Agreement.

Investigators from the Economic Crime Unit at the Criminal Investigations Department arrested and charged the accused with one count of Obtaining Property by Deception.

She will be produced in the Nadi Magistrates Court today.

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