Ecoplexus scam reports rise in Mochudi
Mochudi police station has registered more than 30 cases in which people were swindled a total P650 000 through a ‘money generating scheme’ known as Ecoplexus.
Station Commander Joel Masilo said many people are starting to come out and share how they have been scammed through the scheme which was popularly advertised through social media platforms.
The scheme has since collapsed and disappeared with thousands of Pula belonging to Batswana. Under the scheme, people were asked to deposit money into accounts as a form of investment.
The promise was that investors will be able to cash out money every day by clicking a few buttons on their phones. The returns were allegedly too good to ignore.
This is what made some Batswana pour their hard earned cash into the scheme hoping that they would walk out richer.
In one incident, a middle-aged man is said to have invested P240 000 in the scheme and he is part of those who have approached Mochudi police for assistance.
Said Masilo: “We really do not know why such huge amounts but indeed people have been impoverished by Ecoplexus,” he said, adding that from his records, the lowest money invested in the scheme by people who have reported is P760.
Meanwhile in Francistown, police have arrested two people who are believed to be involved in swindling people of their money through Ecoplexus.
Station Commander of Tatitown Police Superintendent Neo Serumola said they arrested a man and a woman who own the accounts into which many Batswana deposited money.
However, when questioned, the two said they did not have control over their accounts as they were used by a certain Chinese national whom they worked for.
At Serumola’s station, money that was swindled from people stood at over P500 000.