DA ward councillor in CT charged in connection with COVID-19 corruption Democratic Alliance (DA) member Nora Grose was charged with fraud and money laundering involving R170,000 in humanitarian funds. DA councillor Nora Grose. Picture: Hawks
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CAPE TOWN - A Cape Town ward councillor has been charged in connection with COVID-19 corruption relating to funds earmarked for food parcels.
Nora Grose (64) handed herself over to the Hawks at the Atlantis SAPS Community Centre and was granted bail of R10,000 in the Atlantis Magistrates Court.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) member from Table View was charged with fraud and money laundering involving R170,000 in humanitarian funds.
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A SSA employee accused of R1.1m fraud has failed to appear in court .
An SSA employee accused of defrauding the intelligence agency of more than R1.1 million failed to appear in court on Monday.
It is alleged the accused had gone into isolation after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for SARS-CoV2.
The State alleged Thuso Leonard Oesi defrauded the SSA by creating fictitious payments for training he never attended, but pocketed the money instead.
A criminal case against a State Security Agency (SSA) employee - who has been charged with more than two dozen counts of fraud, forgery and uttering - was postponed as he is allegedly in isolation after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for SARS-CoV2.
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A former Nelson Mandela Bay municipality administration clerk has been sentenced to an effective seven years in jail for 244 counts of fraud.
Stephanie Reeners, 48, was sentenced in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) on Tuesday.
Reeners worked at the municipality s Central Information Centre (CIC) and volunteered as a CIC assistant.
READ | Between November 2014 and June 2017, Reeners in her capacity as the central administration clerk at the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality accepted payments for new building plans. She pretended to the building inspectorate that tax invoices were received by the treasury division, said Hawks spokesperson Captain Yolisa Mgolodela.