Former govt employee and SOE exec charged with fraud

Former govt employee and SOE exec charged with fraud

Two people who've been working for the KZN government have been charged with fraud. 

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According to the Hawks, a 58-year-old former employee in the Transport Department altered documents to receive guardrails and accessories at the logistic section.


Hawks KZN Spokesperson, Simphiwe Mhlongo says this happened between June 2014 and August 2015. 


"It is alleged that he falsified some invoiced in order to benefit for himself, as a result, the department suffered a financial loss of about R3.9 million. 


"We cannot rule out that the crime is common as you can see in this instance the department conducted an audit, that's where they discovered that the accused indeed manipulated some records."


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An employee at the government entity - Ithala Development Finance Corporation, is also being investigated after allegedly facilitating  the awarding of a loan of more than R30 million.


The 48-year-old was nominated to represent a company as one of its directors when the company wanted to buy assets from a business in 2013. 


The accused was apparently receiving director's fees of over a million rands for two years  from the company while also being paid his salary by Ithala .


Hawks says both suspects will appear in the Durban Magistrates Court on the 11th and 18th of May.

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