UIF TERS fraud: Woman ordered to sell home to pay back stolen funds
The UIF’s acting commissioner Mzie Yawa has said that they have identified dozens of other fraud cases and more arrests will be made
“Those who defrauded the Unemployment Insurance Fund TERS benefit are on notice: They will be caught and made to pay for their actions” – that’s a direct warning from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), following the conviction of a woman who had done just that.
Boitumelo Mashele worked for Ulwembu Business Services – the company was paid more than R736 000 by UIF.
“The financial institution where the account is held alerted UIF to suspicious financial transactions of the Covid TERS funds, and preliminary investigations showed that the funds were spent on Mashele’s personal expenses. The Fund opened a criminal case with the South African Police Services and handed over the file to the Fusion Centre for further investigation,” UIF said in a statement.