Lotto man shops lover to scoprions
Posted 4 May 2003
The bitter break-up between Lotto host Nimrod Nkosi and his former fiancée have
turned even nastier.
Nkosi has reported Alice Miya - to whom he was engaged last year - to the
Scorpions, alleging that she was a part of a multimillion-rand scam and that
she was after his money.
Miya hit back by informing Nkosi's bosses that he had arranged for family and
friends to take part in the Road2Riches TV show in return for a portion of
their winnings. The show ended last month after the Lotto draw was moved from
SABC2 to e.tv.
Scorpions spokesman Sipho Ngwema confirmed that the elite police unit was
looking for Miya to ask her about some "so-called transactions in which she
used the Scorpions' name".
He said Miya was alleged to have shown Nkosi deposit slips for money she
claimed was from the Scorpions.
Ngwema said there were cash deposit slips totalling an astonishing R800-million
for money that she claimed to have deposited in Nkosi's account.
Danie Ferreira of Urban Brew, Nkosi's bosses, said he had heard about Miya's
allegations against Nkosi but "nothing could be further from the truth. The
whole process is audited. It's just not possible for Nimrod to cheat."
Last week Miya phoned the Sunday Times to say she had evidence that Nkosi had
pocketed money from Road2Riches.
"It has been going on for a while and I know people he has put on the show to
win money," she alleged.
Nkosi and Miya have been at odds since he went public with the reason he dumped
her in March.
Nkosi told newspapers he was devastated after discovering that Miya had faked a
pregnancy.
According to Nkosi, Miya had told him - shortly before they got engaged in
September - that she was expecting triplets. She had also shown him scans she
said were of the babies and he had accompanied her to doctor's appointments
before he discovered it was all a lie.
"I was very embarrassed when I discovered it was a phantom pregnancy. How was I
to go back to the people I had told that I was going to be a father?
"I went into depression and shut [everything] out. But I had to deal with it."
He said he felt vindicated after the news went public, but said Miya should get
help.
On Friday, a furious Nkosi said he had reported Miya to the Scorpions last
month after discovering she was lying about money she claimed to be owed.
Nkosi said Miya had told him she had inherited R16-million from her father, who
had left the money in a World Bank account . She had also showed him bank
statements confirming her claims.
But when Nkosi went to the bank in Pretoria to investigate, he was told that it
did not deal with individuals' accounts.
Nkosi said: "She came to me with photocopies of bank slips showing money
deposited in her account. She told me her parents had died and they had left
her inheritance with the World Bank.
"She later claimed that the Scorpions had deposited money for her to cover up
the fact that she had lots of money.
"I was not after her money, I just wanted to ascertain there was truth in what
she was telling me."
Nkosi said Miya had embarked on a smear campaign against him to hide the fact
that she herself was the subject of an investigation.
Attempts were made to get Miya to respond to Nkosi's allegations, but earlier
in the week she told the Sunday Times she would be "out of town and
unreachable".
Sunday Times
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