Alleged underworld kingpin Modack denies 'pinging' payments
Nafiz Modack, right, with his counsel, Advocate Bash Sibda.
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From August to September 2020, alleged underworld kingpin Nafiz Modack had paid co-accused Zane Kilian R47 500 from his Empire account, coinciding with the tracking and assassination of Anti-Gang Unit detective Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear, the Western Cape High Court heard.
The State alleges that these payments were for pinging services allegedly linked to pinging operations used to track targets.
Modack, however, insisted the transfers were for debt collection, towing a vehicle and for masks.
Payments made to Kilian from August to September 2020 allegedly for pinging services.
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Judge Robert Henney pointed out that Kilian himself noted in his 220 admissions that payments with references such as “masks” were actually for pinging.
Modack still insists that payments were not for pinging and that Kilian was lying.
Two more payments followed in September 2020, this time from an entity called Ricky Holdings. One of these was a R20 000 payment on September 2, which Modack confirmed he authorised.
State Prosecutor Gregory Wolmarans challenged him: “When you say you are responsible for the R20 000 payment, you did indeed ask [co-accused Ricardo Morgan] to make the payment to Kilian?”
Modack replied that Morgan owed him money for masks and that he told him to pay Kilian instead.
Wolmarans pressed further: “You say Morgan owed you money for masks and in turn you owed Kilian R20 000.”
Modack said that the payment to Kilian was for debt collection.
Wolmarans questioned: “Instead of you getting your money from Morgan and then pay Kilian, you took a shortcut and told Morgan ‘look just pay that Kilian guy’.
MONEY MAN Outgoing payments from the Empire account showing that co-accused Ricardo Morgan received R140 000.
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“And it just so happened that Morgan owed you R20 000 and you owed Kilian R20 000. It all worked out lovely.”
Modack insisted again saying the payment was for debt collection.
The State further alleged that Kilian was involved with the shooter on the ground in both attacks involving prominent lawyer William Booth and Kinnear.
Modack said only Kilian could answer to that.
Judge Henney noted a pattern in Kilian’s pinging activity, stating that the excessive tracking appeared to continue throughout the day of Kinnear’s murder in September 2020.
Judge Henney said: “The shooter must have known that at 14:44:49 [on the fateful day] Kinnear wasn’t at home.”
The trial continues.
Cape Times