Absa specialist engineer Xolela Masebeni, who allegedly fraudulently transferred R103m into six different bank accounts over four months, will apply for bail on Monday — along with his wife. Masebeni, 30, who worked in Sandton, appeared…
The Bellville commercial crimes court has slapped a Cape Town online dating scammer with a seven-year jail sentence. Christiano Ogbeifun, 50, entered into a plea and sentencing agreement with the state after admitting to targeting…
A Limpopo man who defrauded revenue service Sars of nearly R1.7m was sentenced in the Mankweng regional court on Wednesday to an effective four years in jail. Evans Setshedi, 41, submitted fraudulent tax returns on behalf of a…
Police have arrested 15 people, some of whom are former or serving cops, in connection with fraud, corruption, money laundering and theft. The accused were allegedly involved in dodgy supply chain processes over a R56m car marking tender.…
Nelson Mandela Bay municipal workers were stunned to see members of the Hawks and police swoop on the Mfanasekhaya Gqobose building in Govan Mbeki Avenue on Friday morning. The raid follows the predawn arrest of a top city official…
Two former Eastern Cape government officials and a businessman accused of fraud, theft and money laundering worth R29 million have had their matter postponed. Former Department of social development officials Stanley Khanyile, Vuyokazi…
A number of bank accounts linked to a KwaZulu-Natal man, who allegedly defrauded the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) of almost R700,000, have been frozen by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). NPA national spokesman Sipho Ngwema…
Police are investigating cases of theft by false pretences after it emerged that a number of residents in Komani were being targeted by thieves. According to a police statement, some residents have been duped into buying clothes and…
The Hawks have swooped on a Western Cape teacher who used “ghost students” to milk the government of close to R1m. Tasmyn Dorothy‚ 42‚ was hauled before the magistrate’s court in Oudtshoorn on fraud charges on Monday. According to Hawks…
A R10m reward has been offered for information on who attacked members of the Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) on Wednesday. Millionaire tobacco boss Simon Rudland was critically wounded in what was alleged to be an…
If someone offers you money in exchange for opening a bank account in your name and allowing them to deposit money into it‚ you’re complicit in a criminal act‚ and could end up with a criminal record. That’s the warning issued by Manie…
A 37-year-old Stutterheim man, Dean Palmer, appeared before the Stutterheim Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for alleged fraud amounting to about R20 million. He was arrested by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit on…
