POLOKWANE – The Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation Unit continues to crack down on fraudulent activities in the province. In the most recent example the Hawks arrested a 52-year-old man and his wife (44) for reportedly defrauding a Polokwane company of a substantial amount of money.
The reported incident happened after the accused were employed at the said cash loan company in July 2018. The husband (manager) and his wife (admin clerk) manipulated the financial books for over a period of two years which resulted in the company losing over R105 000, reads a statement issued by Hawks’ Sampo Maaboyi.
He explained that these financial illegalities were discovered through an internal audit at the company. “A case of fraud was opened and referred to the Hawks for investigation.”
The two suspects were eventually traced and arrested in Tzaneen on 9 March on charges of fraud and theft.
They have since appeared in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court and were granted bail of R500 each. Their case was postponed to 14 April.
Meanwhile, a 33-year-old woman who allegedly defrauded a Hoedpsruit company of over R1.6m, is expected back in court on 31 March.
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The woman was was employed as a financial administration manager at the said company, allegedly created fictitious claims of services rendered to the company and then transferred the money into personal bank accounts. The accused is currently out on R5 000 bail.
