The adverts impersonated billionaires such as Elon Musk and Johann Rupert, as well as SABC anchors, to promote an online trading platform

The banking sector and its clients incurred losses of more than R1 billion in 2022 as a result of card fraud, ATM bombings and ‘vishing’ incidents, among others

Consumers are urged to report any suspicious behaviour

The women, who worked for a firm handling the tile and bathroom retailer’s debtors, created 916 fictitious invoices