Two employees in the City of Joburg’s Group Finance Department were suspended last week when they were accused of fraudulently transferring R800 000 to a company of attorneys.
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City of Joburg’s executive mayor, Clr Herman Mashaba alleged the two were part of a syndicate of internal and external individuals who “swindled money from a customer’s account to an attorney’s trust account, before requesting the payment thereof.”
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“Chief among our priorities has been the process of recovering this money from the attorneys.
“Additionally, we will be laying criminal charges against both the internal and external individuals in this syndicate and ensure that everyone involved faces the full might of the law,” said Mashaba.
The mayor urged residents to report fraud and corruption to the 24-hour tip-off hotline 0800 002 587.
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