i-AFU imise iPiggy Farm ngezinsolo ezishaqisayo

I-AFU imise i-akhawunti yemali engaphezu kuka-R4.3 million emkhankasweni wokubheka ukusebenza kwePiggy Farm. I-Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) yathola umyalelo wokulondoloza imali engaphezu kuka-R4.3 million eNkantolo eNkulu yasePitoli ngomhla ziyisi-8 kuMbasa. Lo myalelo wawuhloselwe ukumisa i-akhawunti yasebhange le-Piggy Farm Trading (Pty) Ltd, ehilelekile ohlelweni lokuqolwa kwabantu ngezethembiso zokwenza imali ngokushesha olaziwa ngebhanoyi (ponzi scheme).

I-Piggy Farm Trading ihehe abatshalizimali nge-digital “Metaverse Piggy Farm,” edayisa izingulube ezingabonakaliyo ngo-R2750 iyinye. Le nkampani ithembise abatshalizimali ukuthi bazobuyiselwa u-R550 nyanga zonke kuze kuphele isivumelwano emva kwezizinyanga ezingu-12, ibaqinisekisa ngokushintshwa kwezingulube uma kushona eyodwa, okwenza “ingabi sengozini.”

Ngemuva kokulandelwa kwezikhalo zabatshalizimali, iNational Consumer Commission (NCC) iqale uphenyo. Uphenyo lwathola uhlelo lokuphindaphinda oluphula uMthetho Kazwelonke Wokuvikelwa Kwabathengi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uphenyo lwe-AFU lwembula imikhuba yokukhwabanisa. Uhlelo luntula imininingwane ezoveza ubukhona kwepulazi okukhulunywa ngalo futhi luthembele ekutshalweni kwezimali okungenayo ukuze kuqhubeke ukukhokhelwa kwabatshalizimali abadlala, lokho okwenza ukusebenza kwabo kusoleke njengebhanoyi.

Ngaphandle kwezicelo zekheli le-Durban CBD kanye namagatsha ahlukene, ukusebenza kwePiggy Farm kwaphakamisa ukungabaza ngokuba khona kwebhizinisi elikhulu lokulima elihambisana nesamba semali etshaliwe.

Ukwengeza, ukuzuza izigidi ezingu-R16 million ku-akhawunti yebhizinisi layo kusukela ngoFebhuwari 2024 yikhona okudale ukuthi kukhule izinsolo mayelana nokusimama kwalolu hlelo.

“I-AFU inqume ukuthi alukho uhlobo lwebhizinisi oluyisisekelo, futhi abatshalizimali abangenayo bakhokhelwa ngokutshalwa kwezimali kwangaphambili ukuze kusimame lolu hlelo,” kusho uMahanjana.