Category: Insurance News / Short Term Insurance / ITCrimes / June 2007

High profile stolen laptop recovered by ITCrimes

A laptop stolen in Johannesburg has been recovered and will be returned to the rightful owner within the next few days, this is thanks to a Johannesburg based anti-crime initiative.

Ms. Gaone Gareebine, the victim of the theft, works for the Auditor General of Botswana and is currently studying for her MBA through UCT, thus the data on her laptop is of paramount importance to her studies.  The stolen laptop was recovered from the suspect by ITCrimes followed by information received from their information network.

ITCrimes registers computers and laptops on their NICS D (National Independent SerialNumber Database) in the aim of returning stolen items to the owners and aiding the police in the apprehension of perpetrators of these crimes.  When asked to comment Mr. Shaun van Coller, a director of ITCrimes, said: “The more laptops and computers we recover and return, the closer we get to eradicating this problem." 

The suspect caught in possession of the stolen property was arrested Monday, 5 June.  Police are currently investigating the case.

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