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Hawks confirm probe into Sexwale’s Sarb fraud & theft claims
At a media briefing on Thursday, a fiery Sexwale - armed with emails and a bank account number - attempted to substantiate his claims that money has been stolen...
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‘Who’s scamming who?’ - Sexwale mum on Hawks probe into heritage fund
This comes after he appeared on eNCA saying that the fund had brought a huge sum of money into the country, which was held by the South African Reserve Bank.
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17th suspect in Brian Wainstein murder case due in court today
The suspect, alleged to be a member of the 27s gang, was nabbed last Thursday.
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NPA, Hawks senior members appear in court for corruption
Three senior government officials from the Hawks and National Prosecuting Authority made their first appearance in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on 31 March 2021. They were arrested on charges of corruption. #Corruption #Hawks #NPA
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State drops all charges against Norma Mngoma
Mngoma, the estranged wife of former minister Malusi Gigaba, was arrested last July on charges of malicious damage to property and crimen injuria relating to the damage of a luxury SUV that apparently belonged to her husband's friend.
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Hawks raid 3 Fort Hare University campuses as part of fraud probe
The crime-busting unit raided several locations in Bisho, East London and Alice as they probe student admission fraud, corruption and money laundering activities allegedly by fugitive professor, Edwin Ijeoma.
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Sars' Vlok Symington tells Zondo Inquiry about being held hostage by Hawks
Vlok Symington said he advised Pravin Gordhan in a memorandum that it was lawful for Ivan Pillay to take early retirement and return to the revenue service
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Shell games: Unravelling the complex web around abalone poaching
Despite regular success, abalone poaching remains a thorn in the side of the authorities, with the nation's fiscus losing hundreds of millions of rands to sophisticated syndicates who illegally exploit the natural resource.
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Waiter nabbed for card-skimming worth R50,000 at Olifantsfontein restaurant
The alleged fraud was reported to the Hawks by the Banks Forensic Investigation Unit after the unit noticed suspicious transactions at the restaurant.
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Fourth suspect arrested in connection with online dating scam
The Hawks said that the accused scammed a 54-year-old woman into believing that she had met a businessman online.
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Steinhoff forensic report will help move case forward, says NPA's Batohi
The forensic report is being compiled by PWC, the same accounting firm that was appointed by Steinhoff’s new board to find out what went wrong at the company.
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Govt officials hampering probes into COVID-19 tender fraud, SIU tells MPs
SIU head, Advocate Andy Mothibi, said that officials used to be requested for information or to make themselves available for an interview but government supply chain management officials had not been cooperating, and now the gloves were off.
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MPs 'staggered' to hear about levels of corruption in NW
The Hawks and Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on Monday briefed the National Council of Province (NCOP)’s ad hoc committee.
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Sandile Nkosi joins ex-husband Bongo in dock over theft, corruption matter
She's accused of receiving R1 million from a legal firm after the Mpumalanga Human Settlements Department paid R52 million to Singwane Attorneys without any basis for such payment.
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'No conflict of interest': Steinhoff funds NPA’s probe into its auditing scandal
The 'Financial Mail' on Friday reported that Steinhoff has agreed to give investigators from the Hawks and NPA R30 million to finance the investigation into the immense fraud at the company because the state doesn't have the budget.
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Hawks nab 6 suspects believed to be part of pangolin syndicate in Kyalami
Investigators found them on Wednesday in the Kyalami area where they were in the process of looking for a buyer for one of the vulnerable animals.
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Man arrested in connection with fatal attack on Kraaifontein cops
The Hawks are leading the investigation into Sunday’s killings and managed to make a breakthrough.
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East London woman arrested for evading tax worth R1.5m
Neliswa Tantsi was apprehended on Wednesday by the Hawks in the East London area.
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Hawks must explain why nothing done about Swifambo payments - Zondo
Forensic investigator Ryan Marc Sacks unravelled how money was paid to Swifambo Rail when it was awarded a R3.5 billion contract and how some of it flowed from that company to others and individuals.
