Two men were convicted of fraud and sentenced to jail terms by the Durban Regional Court on Monday for making an automated teller machine balance enquiry with a stolen bank card.

Magistrate LS Naidoo ruled that using a stolen card at an ATM amounted to fraud because it led First National Bank to believe the transaction was legitimate and being carried out with the account holder's permission.

Thamsanqa Khumalo and Selby Maphumulo were also convicted on five counts of theft for stealing cards and two counts of fraud for withdrawing money using two of the cards.

Maphumulo was sentenced to 30 years for five counts of theft and three of fraud, 11 years suspended, while Khumalo was sentenced to 17 years for four counts of theft and three of fraud, seven years suspended.

According to court documents the men withdraw a total of R1330.

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