Durban businessman Jason Foster was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport after arriving from London on Sunday in connection with a R125m fraud investigation into unauthorised debit orders.

News24 reports that Foster is the director of Durban-based call centre companies Blue Debit and Talent Base.

Hawks spokesperson Captain Ndivhuwo Mulamu said Foster was the second person to be arrested in the investigation.

Foster's co-accused Richard Marsden was detained last year at the Cape Town International Airport. He had also just landed from London.

Marsden is out on bail and police are looking to arrest more suspects.

Mulamu said it was alleged that, between November 2018 and February 2019, Foster and Marsden created a fraudulent bank payment system to collect debit orders for call centres, which resulted in unauthorised debit orders being loaded.

Mulamu said: 'Further investigation revealed that an amount of R125m was transferred into different bank accounts, including that of Foster and Marsden.'

Mulamu said Foster had appeared in the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday and was granted bail of R30 000.

Both Foster and Marsden are expected back in court on 27 May 2022.

Full News24 report