Carlo Petersen12 November 2024 | 6:20

Modack's former associate set to continue testimony

Mohamed Hanware - a former associate of alleged underworld gang boss Nafiz Modack - on Monday admitted he conned Modack to get back money he was owed. 

Modack's former associate set to continue testimony

Nafiz Modack (front row left) and his co-accused in the Western Cape High Court. Picture: Carlo Petersen/EWN

JOHANNESBURG - Mohamed Hanware, a former associate of alleged underworld gang boss Nafiz Modack is set to continue his testimony on Tuesday.

Hanware on Monday admitted he conned Modack to get back money he was owed. 

His testimony relates to charges of corruption and defeating the ends of justice Modack is facing.

READ: Former associate admits he conned Nafiz Modack to get back money he was owed

Hanware told the court he became a paymaster for Modack's operation while he was behind bars between March 2017 and February 2018. 

He said he used R1.2 million rand of his own money to pay wages on behalf of Modack. 

Hanware said when Modack was released from prison, he refused to pay him back. 

He said he then hatched a plot to get his money back by telling Modack he could influence top cops Jeremy Vearey and Charl Kinnear with bribes to have six firearms seized from his home returned. 

Financial records show Modack paid R150,000 to Hanware, but the money never got to Vearey or Kinnear.