Absa IT specialist Xolela Masebeni, who allegedly fraudulently transferred R103m into six bank accounts over four months, was shot and killed in the Eastern Cape at the weekend.
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“Police can confirm they are investigating a case of murder after a 31-year-old man was fatally shot outside his home at Unati Mkefa area, Ezibeleni, on Saturday afternoon,” said police spokesperson Majola Nkohli.
According to Nkohli, Masebeni was sitting in the yard with four friends when two men arrived.
“It is said Masebeni stood up and approached the two unknown men. His friends heard several gunshots and started running.
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“Masebeni sustained several gunshot wounds in the upper body and was rushed to the nearest clinic where he succumbed to his injuries.
“It is believed the two armed suspects fled the scene in a silver-grey VW Polo,” Nkohli said.
Masebeni and his wife Athembile Mpani faced charges of theft, fraud, and contravening the Prevention of Organised Crime Act.
One of the accounts into which Masebeni allegedly transferred the money was his own, one was his wife’s, one a business account, and the other three belonged to people who the state believes have ties to the couple.
Besides buying seven cars with cash, the two also allegedly bought two properties in Khayelitsha on the same day. The state accuses them of spending more than R250,000 during a shopping spree in Sandton on one day.
They were both granted bail of R50,000 early this month and their case was postponed to March.
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