Indian-origin woman scams 17 couples with fake wedding venues in South Africa, arrested

But promises by her attorney and family to repay all the scam victims have led to her possibly escaping serving jail time for fraud.

Although the scammer, arrested on Tuesday, was not initially named because she had not appeared in court yet, security company Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) said on its Facebook page that the woman is Prelyn Mohanlall, whose attorney Chris Gounden contacted them with the offer to make arrangements to pay back all victims that were scammed and are in possession of proof of payments.

Mohanlall allegedly convinced lovestruck couples planning their weddings to pay large sums in advance for a venue without having any link to the place.