In two unrelated fraud investigations in the Northern Cape, an investment operator and a wine cellar employee now face 64 criminal charges between them.
An admitted attorney and conveyancer practising in Kimberley, was found guilty on 14 counts of theft and 14 counts of money laundering, and was sentenced on 4 June.
The Special Investigating Unit is to probe allegations of corruption and maladministration in training contracts awarded by the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority and the Unemployment Insurance Fund.
Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi, chief whip of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party, faces fraud and extortion charges, allegedly defrauding party researchers.
The fraud trial of Deputy Mayor Gary van Niekerk has been postponed for a second consecutive day.
The DA has filed charges against Oupa Nkoane for fraudulently approving his inflated salary, significantly exceeding legal limits.
The Ladysmith Regional Court sentenced a former G4S cash-counting officer to seven years’ imprisonment with two years suspended in the theft of R1.2 million.
Gysbert Jan Maritz, a Welkom lawyer already serving three life sentences for sexual offences, once again failed to appear in court for fraud charges involving R15 million. This is attributed…
Court dismisses Sizwe Kupelo’s discharge application, allowing his fraud and forgery trial over an alleged fake matric certificate to continue.
Two brothers fraudulently obtained R14 million for a non-existent cultural village, ordered to repay funds by the Special Tribunal.