Man sentenced for defrauding KZN Education
A KwaZulu-Natal man has begun serving a seven year jail sentence for fraud.
Mohamed Saleen was sentenced in the Ladysmith Magistrate's Court this week.
The 55-year-old and his co-accused are alleged to have fraudulently submitted false quotations to KZN Education between 2005 and 2009.
They claimed that goods and services were being prepared by different service providers at the time.
Hawks spokesperson Simphiwe Mhlongo says over R25 million in irregular expenditure was then flagged by the department.
"During the period between February 2005 and December 2009, Saleen together with his co-accused misrepresented to the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education that quotations for the goods or services were prepared by different service providers.
"They also misrepresented to the department that their quotations were reflecting a fair market value for the goods or services they supplied.
"Due to their conduct the department was prejudiced in appointing the correct service providers to render services for value for money. As a result the department also incurred irregular expenditure which was over R25 million.
"Some of his accomplices were acquitted and two of them, Ameetha Datadin (62) and Pradeep Datadin (63) are expected to continue with the trial on 25 January 2024."
