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Dozens of South Africans, including Nelson Mandela Bay residents, have allegedly been duped out of their hard-earned savings, after falling prey to a cryptocurrency operation now under investigation by the Hawks.

A 50-year-old man is to appear in court after he was arrested for allegedly attempting to fraudulently claim R8.6m from the South African Revenue Service.

Buffalo City Metro’s first citizen, Princess Faku, left many wondering why she was not among the more than 200 law graduates at the University of Fort Hare in Dikeni on Wednesday, and it has since emerged that her studies there are the subject of a Special Investigating Unit probe. A letter from the university to Faku, seen by the Daily Dispatch, confirmed that the mayor had completed the qualification and was set to graduate.

The Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court has sentence a Gauteng woman to 15 years behind bars after she was convicted on 762 counts of fraud.

The Hawks have arrested a man for allegedly submitting false documents to the South African Revenue Service during the 2016 tax period.

The Bishop Hendricken boys lacrosse team’s regular season is winding down and the Hawks are shifting their focus toward next week’s Division I playoffs. Hendricken has a young roster …

A Mthatha man was arrested this week for attempting to defraud the South African Revenue Services (Sars) of more than R36m. Zolani Bulelani Bangani, 45, appeared in the Mthatha specialised commercial crimes court on Wednesday on charges of tax fraud. Hawks provincial spokesperson Captain Yolisa Mgolodel said Bangani had been arrested by the Mthatha serious commercial crime investigation team of the Hawks on Tuesday.

A Western Cape accountant has been convicted of R16m fraud tax fraud.

The Mbombela high court has slapped a 36-year-old man with two life terms for murdering a police officer and her sister.

An investigation initiated by the National Treasury into how much had been paid to the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality for the implementation of the Integrated Public Transport System (IPTS) is what led to forensic investigators uncovering an alleged scheme by high-ranking officials, municipal employees and business people.