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Bolhuis issues warning over Gerlu Roos
A prominent name in Mpumalanga agricultural circles, Gert Lukas 'Gerlu' Roos, is being accused by his own family of fraud, for alleged purchases under the accounts of family-owned businesses, which have not been paid.
Roos is already facing one fraud charge, which was made against him in Belfast, and according to Mike Bolhuis from Specialised Security Services, more charges will be made against Roos in due course.
The fraud charge stems from incidents in which Roos allegedly made purchases in the accounts of family-owned businesses, without making payments to the accounts. The purchases are largely agriculturally related.
According to Bolhuis' allegations, Roos has previously made himself guilty of similar fraudulent acts, and these cases will be added to the existing fraud charge once those cases have been opened with the police.
The pending charge was reported in Belfast, but Bolhuis warns that Roos allegedly has been making similar purchases in Middelburg, Delmas, and Mbombela, and that these purchases are made on the accounts of Roos Boerdery or B&R Bio Produkte.
A court date for his first formal appearance has not yet been set for the fraud charge.
Attempts to get hold of Roos for comment on the allegations being made against him have been unsuccessful by the time of publication.
An automated message on WhatsApp in answer to the Middelburg Observer's enquiry read that he is busy with continued government, agricultural and entrepreneurial-related responsibilities. Roos has not responded personally.
All calls have also been answered with an automated answering system that first enquires the caller to identify themselves and give a reason for their call before the call gets put through.
All calls also remained unanswered before the time of publication.
Bolhuis warned agricultural businesses not to agree to any good-natured transactions between themselves and Roos, and to confirm any account-related purchases with the company names he provides.
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