{
  "id": 15897831,
  "title": "False number plates and cloned cards: How a R286,000 diesel theft scheme worked",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/false-number-plates-and-cloned-cards-how-a-r286-000-diesel-theft",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T14:03:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-10-21-false-number-plates-and-cloned-cards-how-a-r286000-diesel-theft-scheme-worked/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A man has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing about R286,000 in diesel using cloned fleet cards linked to government departments and private companies in the Eastern Cape.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}