Fraud
Attorney blames the devil for fraud and money laundering
36-year-old Yandisa Mjikelo has been handed an effective 15-year sentence after pleading guilty to fraud and money laundering.
An Eastern Cape police officer has landed himself in trouble with authorities and will make a first court appearance next week.
The 37-year-old detective sergeant was taken into custody on Thursday by members of the East London serious corruption investigation team of the Hawks.
The Johannesburg Magistrates Court found Dlamini lied under oath in her oral and written testimony at the inquiry into the 2017 South African Social Security Agency grants crisis.
It is believed that he conspired with his attorney Gerard Jacques du Plessis who was already been sentenced to 15 years.
Aaron Mofokeng was arrested in Johannesburg in the early hours of Wednesday morning and has been charged with fraud and money laundering.
The fraudulent transfers allegedly took place between September and December last year.
In a court filing late Tuesday, state Attorney General Letitia James wrote that the ongoing civil inquiry had found that the Trump Organization fraudulently overvalued multiple assets to secure loans and then undervalued them to minimize taxes.
According to the Hawks, she submitted a fraudulent UIF claim to the Department of Labour back in 2018 when she was working for Richards Bay Minerals.
The suspects include three fuel station workers and four EMS personnel.
A total of 23 people have been arrested in connection with R2 billion lost due to alleged fraud and corruption where municipal monies was invested and then paid out to selected people.
The men were arrested in the Tableview area on Tuesday and appeared in the Cape Town Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
The data capturers were taken into custody by Hawks officers at various locations on Thursday.
State prosecutor Riana Williams drew a pattern of inconsistencies in Nomia Ndlovu’s bail affidavit and her testimony in court.
It’s alleged the suspect worked with a colleague who was the acting compliance accountant and had powers to administer buyers guarantees.
Along with 13 others, axed Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba is charged with fraud, money laundering, the contravention of the Municipal Finance Management Act and corruption.
Smith is embroiled in bribery allegations of R800,000 related to the infamous Bosasa state capture scandal.
Dis-Chem CEO Ivan Saltzman said that it was upsetting to see that a small number of individuals felt that they could take advantage of the vaccine rollout drive.
The officials are accused of paying money to different companies for services that were never rendered.