Godfrey Sifiso Tony Lukhele (33) was sentenced to five years in prison of which half is suspended on condition that pays R1 million to the South African Revenue Services (SARS).
This is after he was found guilty on 131 counts of fraud by the Nelspruit Regional Court on July 29 for defrauding the South African Revenue Services (SARS), of over R3 million in fraudulent Value Added Tax (VAT) returns.
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Since March 2013, Lukhele submitted false VAT claims. He was initially arrested following a Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime investigation and he appeared in court where he was granted a R70 000 bail and never returned to court as scheduled. A warrant for his arrest was authorised and resulting in his arrest on the July 9, 2019.
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