{"id":300316,"date":"2024-01-17T05:56:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T03:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/fraud-suspects-in-court-soon-20240116\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:46:17","slug":"fraud-suspects-in-court-soon-20240116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/fraud-suspects-in-court-soon-20240116\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraud suspects in court soon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The fraud and corruption case against Mohammed Cajee (37) and Jeanne Kellerman (51), an employee of the government, is set for 23 January in the Bloemfontein Magistrates\u2019 Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The matter relates to auctioned state vehicles. The two men face charges of fraud, corruption, and contravention of the Public Finance Management Act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They first appeared in court in November last year following their arrest by the Bloemfontein Hawks\u2019 Serious Corruption Investigation team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cajee was granted bail of R10 000, and Kellerman R3 000, during their first appearance in court on 14 November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latter holds the position of senior admin clerk at the government garage in Bloemfontein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed image\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-imageid=\"f9f89f80-21aa-478c-9617-461a57202ff0\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7753\/9f5d3821766447989e08312e99f798fd.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6ef4d2addc40491cbc3e2ef66ed064b5.jpg\" style=\"max-width:620px;\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Cajee<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Christopher Singo, provincial spokesperson for the Hawks, said the alleged corruption related to the payment of 18 vehicles auctioned and misrepresentations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEarlier in last year, auctions were held on different occasions at the government garage in Bloemfontein, where 18 vehicles were sold to Cajee at an amount of R1 163 758. 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