Former MTN accountant Brendan Ruth Moshabane is embroiled in another legal battle with the state.
Apart from the criminal case currently before the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court, Moshabane now has a civil matter with the state.
She launched a court application in the High Court in Johannesburg to have her legal and living expenses unfrozen. This follows the restraint order obtained by the National Director of Public Prosecutions, which had her assets frozen.
The restrained properties include numerous immovable properties, motor vehicles, bank accounts, investments and other valuables.
The assets were frozen following a financial analysis which indicated that she had attempted to conceal ownership of properties in the names of third parties and had also made gifts and loans to third parties, some of whom have been cited as respondents.
The concealed properties have been identified, and the gifts and loans are believed to have been recouped by an appointed court curator.
Moshabane’s attorney, Pierre Smit, said he will push for the matter to be concluded as soon as possible.
The application of a motion to have living and legal expenses released was submitted on 18 July and the state has until 11 August to file answering affidavits, after which Moshabane and her legal team might want to submit a replying affidavit to the answering affidavit submitted by the state.
After the filing of all the papers, a court date will be set for the matter to be heard.
Moshabane will be back in the Specialised Crimes Court on 1 August on charges of theft, fraud and money laundering. The state alleges that Moshabane defrauded her then-employer, MTN, of more than R23 million.
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