These were declined but applications for Vodafone and 2 Degrees accounts proved easier to obtain. He later attempted to use the details from that licence to apply for memberships with a car rental service and a credit card. Bumba booked a room at the Astelia Hotel in Wellington and it was there they met.Īfterward, while that man was taking a shower, Bumba photographed his driver's licence. In February 2018 Bumba used Grindr to find another victim. His credit card details were taken down by Bumba and 110 purchases of food, phone credit and transport services totalling $5662 followed - all without use of the actual card. In early 2017 yet another victim was located.
On that occasion the only purchase was a $20 Vodafone top-up.
Then the following month he used the dating app Hornet to meet another victim, who he saw several times over the following months.īumba swiped US$1100 (about NZ$1645) in cash from that man's bedside drawer and got his credit card details. He met and stole another Auckland victim's card from a bedside table in October 2016. In March 2017 that man went to the South Island and while he was down there Bumba made purchases on a different card in Auckland, and opened accounts with Vodafone and 2 Degrees Mobile, incurring debts of more than $3000.