Former employee convicted for defrauding Department of Labour
He registered a company named Simajale Transport and General Dealer and fraudulently registered ghost employees which he claimed UIF benefits on their behalf.
The Witbank Regional Court convicted Thokozani Percy Skosana for 15 counts of fraud on Monday.
Skosana is a former employee of the Department of Labour who was attached to the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), section. During 2012, He registered a company named Simajale Transport and General Dealer and fraudulently “employed” ghost employees which he claimed UIF benefits on their behalf, defrauding the department R63 033,56.
According to the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation, investigated the matter and Skosana was arrested. Statements from people who were falsely registered to receive UIF benefits were obtained and became state witnesses.
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“Following a series of court appearances Skosana was sentenced to three years imprisonment, wholly suspended for five years, the court additionally ordered him to pay the money back. The convict was also declared unfit to own a firearm in terms of the Firearms Control Act,” said the Hawks.
