Hawks, Eskom investigators nab syndicate selling illegal prepaid electricity with ‘ghost machines’

The Hawks have uncovered a well-organised syndicate selling illicit prepaid electricity on a large scale, costing Eskom millions in revenue, and arrested seven suspects. The Hawks pounced on the suspects, aged 28 to 67, in the early hours of Wednesday in Gauteng.
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