Name of Complainant	Tareque M Shafi
Date of Complaint	December 14, 2020
Name(s) of companies complained against	Standard Bank of South Africa
Category of complaint	Internet Services
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Subject: Stop Order of Tareque M Shafi’s transferred fund of US$30,500,000.00]
Following are the facts:
1. That on 02 November 2020, the Authority to Remittance of US$30,500,000.00 was approved by Mrs. Rose Celi Bamba, Accountant General of the Ministry of Finance, South Africa, and the same was forwarded to the Director Foreign Operation & International Remittance Dept of Standard Bank of South Africa.
2. That on 03 November 2020, the Standard Bank of South Africa approved the transfer of the total amount of US$30,500,000.00 and the transfer process has been completed. [Mr. Kenny Anderson Fihla, Head Corporate Banking Transnational Products & Services, Standard Bank Group Limited Jhb Branch South Africa sent me an email stating that the fund transfer will take 3 Banking days to Reflect into the TD bank account, USA. He also said that the fund will credit my account with TD bank, USA on the 07th of November 2020.]
2. That on 05 November 2020, the “Stop Order” of the fund was issued by the Fake Bank of England stating that the beneficiary must pay the tax within 7 days and $1855 on 09 November 2020, was paid in time through bank to bank transfer. However, the Bank of England then demanded to obtain copy of Drug Clearance certificate and Money Laundry Clearance Certificate, stating “the USA Federal reserve bank inform us that they will not allow the fund to credit to your account without the requested certificate being obtained, this is to prove that the fund is not for money Laundry or money to porches weapons or Drug money etc.” Bank of England said that the fund is intact with them.
3. That on 11 November 2020, Mr. Kenny Anderson Pihla of Standard Bank of South Africa pushed me to make the payment of total US$9,250 (Nine Thousand Two hundred and Fifty USD), otherwise my fund will be confiscated. Even he rushed me to try and use the same account and make the payment of $5000 immediately providing me two different accounts for splitting the payments into two accounts.
4. That on 17 November 2020, on my request, the Bank of England, United Kingdom, conducted enquiries and confirmed to me that this has nothing to do with the Bank of England. They said that they do not carry out transactions or hold funds for members of the public and it is very likely to be fraudulent. This report was forwarded to Mr. Kenny Anderson Pihla and he accepted it without any argument.
5. That on 18 November 2020, he forwarded an email of “Stop Order” that was issued on 04 November 2020 by Mr. Williams D. Jemison (but copied and placed the signature of Mrs. Rose Celi Bamba) against his name and kept it uncirculated in the desk of the Finance Minister. When I asked for clarification. He stated as, “This is to acknowledge the receipt of your email date 20th of November 20-20. The content of your email is well noted and understood, I am sure your banker has explained all to you the problem we went through by the internet HACKERS, and we are still trying to ratify all together with your own case, REMEMBER , you are not the only one in this case. We were not aware that the internet hackers penetrate into our database and extract some money from our clients , and we are paying all to the people involved in this case, and we have apologies to all the victims by compensating them with all they have lost with the fake bank of England. After noticing what happened, we searched and forwarded you the same message we sent to you on 18/11/20-20, I think we have clarified you here, and there is no way we can change the date to 18th again.”
6. That on 20 November 2020, I was asked to pay the Capital Gain Tax as the beneficiary of the account and I was assured that the fund will be credited to my account within 72 hours after payment was made. Accordingly another $2,040 (Two Thousand and Forty USD) was paid through bank to bank transfer.
7. That on 27 November 2020, Mr. Williams D. Nikim sent me as, “Further notice, This is to bring to your notice that our board of Director refused to approved the release of your fund to your account, As we had a board of Director meeting today after confirmed the requested certificate authentic , from Standard Bank lawsuit, and our board of director examine the obtained certificate, and request that the certificate needs to be certify by the South Africa revenue service’s authority SARS, and it must be endorse by the south Africa police enforcement section, and this is inline that the US Federal reserve bank might not accept the fund to credit to your account if the certificate is not certify by the stated authorities, the Certifying is to prove that the fund is officially authorize by the south Africa finance institute.” Accordingly, I paid $3,150 ($1,900 certification fee for South Africa Revenue Services + $850 fee for Police certification + $380 fee for Attorney). I paid on 30 November 2020 through Bank transfer.
8. Than on 03 December 2020, Mr. Willams D. Nikim wrote me, “We are here to bring to your notice that we have confirm the certified certificate, our executives member s indicate that they are not certified to released the fund to credit to your account without you being present in our office and your signatures is needed and your 2 finger print is needed, our board of directors officially stated that you have to come down to south Africa in person for official endorsement in the fund release order documents. And you have been given 14 days to come down to south Africa which will expire on the 20th of Dec.2020.”
9. That on 05 December 2020, Mr. Williams D. Nikim wrote me, “Our board of directors have dialogue on your case, and the way forward is for you to authorize us to get you a federal finance lawyer who can help you in this matter, and we have discourse with the chambers of the federal finance lawyer and they agreed to assist you, they stated that they need to obtain some legal documentations to enable them assist , and they stated that even if you come down to south Africa, that you will still need their help to assist you obtain the needed documents to enable you sign for the releasing of the fund, which will cost you a big amount of money as you are present. However, on your absent, they agreed to assist with their official fees and the amount to obtain the needed official legal confirmation letters to assist you, and their normal charges to assist in this matter in total is $32,500”
10. That email Email standardbanksaplc@gmail.com on Dec 8, 20200) context: “Standard Bank Of South Africa (Ltd), Bank City.Physical Address. No 9th Floor Standard Bank Centre 6 Simmonds Street Johannesburg 2001 P O Box 7825, International Remittance Dep’t, South Africa From: Mr. Kenny Anderson Fihla, Head of Corporate Banking Transactional Products & Services, Standard Bank Group Limited Jhb Branch South Africa, Date: 08/12/2020: Dear Customer: Tareque M – I am here to remind you that the deadline they gave is not that much, and before we can confirm all the payment it might take more than 9 to 10 days. You have to pay the money bit by bit so that there will not be any hitch along the line. However, you have to start on time paying the money, kindly use the following account and make a payment of $10,000.00. By tomorrow, I will send you another account to pay another $10,000.00 , so that before the 16th or 17th we will confirm all the payment. This is the best way we can get it on time, if possible start paying the money today. Here is the Account details: Bank Name: Standard Bank of South Africa. Bank address: 301 South gate Shopping Centre Cnr Columbine, Johannesburg. Account Name: S.I UKEJE. Account No.: 10123408804. Swift code: SBZAZAJJ. Branch code: 015937. Post code: 2091.Beneficiary address: 65 Lake view , Ormondeo , south gate .City : Johannesburg, province: Gauteng. Purpose of Payment : Services Or Gift. or Personal Affairs. Country: South Africa.

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