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Three company directors have been arrested for fraud in Mpumalanga.
The directors are all accused of defrauding SARS in separate incidents.
In total, SARS lost an estimated total of R5 million in the three cases.
Three Mpumalanga company directors have been arrested in three cases for tax evasion to the tune of more than R5 million.
In the first case, Lusuthu Abednigo Mabuza, 40, the sole director of Mpelani Construction (CC), was arrested on Monday for fraud and theft, and an alternative charge relating to the alleged contravention of the Tax Administration Act.
Hawks spokesperson Captain Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi said in a statement that the South African Revenue Service (SARS) paid funds into the company s bank account through misrepresentation and the funds were then paid into the accused s personal bank accounts.
Western Cape credit card fraud fugitive arrested at Beitbridge border post 04 May 2021 - 07:12 The Hawks have arrested a man who has been on the run since January for credit card fraud. Image: 123RF/BELCHONOK
The Hawks have arrested a Western Cape man who has been on the run since January for alleged credit card fraud.
Vusi Lukhele, 28, was arrested at the Beitbridge border post on Saturday.
His arrest, according to Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani, emanates from an alleged credit card fraud he committed at the Outdoor Warehouse at the Somerset West Mall in October 2020.
“The accused was initially arrested on October 8 2020 by the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team. He appeared in the local court where the matter was remanded for a later date where he failed to appear.”
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Oudtshoorn municipality,
Van Staden was responsible for road maintenance and sub-contracted his own company for work.
Acting Western Cape Hawks head Brigadier Mushavhaduvha Ramovha welcomed the sentence.
A former Oudtshoorn municipality official has been sentenced to an effective four years in prison in the Oudtshoorn Regional Court after he was convicted of fraud to the tune of R1.9 million.
Frikkie van Staden, 55, was responsible for road maintenance, among other things, in Oudtshoorn and sub-contracted his own company‚ allegedly fronted by his sister-in-law, for work.
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The Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team in George revealed that, between 2010 to 2014, Van Staden instructed his sister-in-law to register a company under her name.
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