Mining exec arrested: Hawks swoop on fraud-accused Andrew Khonziwe
Andrew Khonziwe, CEO of the Rhythm of the Nation mining company in Gauteng, is accused of defrauding service providers to the tune of R1.2m.
The hawks swooped on mining CEO Andrew Plaatjie Khonziwe on Monday 10 May, with the 43-year-old arrested on charges of fraud amounting to over R1 million rand relating to inflated invoices sent to consulting firms in the sector.
Khonziwe, who is the CEO of the Rhythm of the Nation Mining company, appeared in court on Tuesday, with his case postponed for his bail application today. An intelligence driven operation was conducted on Monday, 10 May 2021 which resulted to the arrest of Khonziwe in Booysens and subsequently charged for fraud.
A former Barberton mine clerk has been arrested for fraud.
The clerk is accused of being involved in R1.1 million fraud.
The alleged mastermind behind the fraud is still on the run
A former Barberton mine administrative clerk was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged part in fraud that caused the mine a loss of more than R1.1 million.
Bhekinkosi Fana Madonsela, 30, appeared before the Barberton Magistrate s Court on Tuesday after members of the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team arrested him.
It is alleged that he received an undue payment of R300 000 from his accomplices.
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Precious Nontobeko Magongo, 36, also a former mine employee, was arrested in March and was the first person to be arrested in connection with the fraud.
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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.
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He and an estate agent are accused of working together to con people.
The 46-year-old estate agent was charged in connection with the alleged scam in 2019.
A 55-year-old Mpumalanga businessman has been arrested in connection with an RDP housing scam and is expected to appear in court alongside estate agent Annica van Staden, who was arrested more than a week ago in connection with the allegations.
Hawks officers arrested the businessman, national security company owner Fotoboy Makua, on Wednesday. The Hawks investigation has linked Makua to Annica van Staden, 46, a real estate agent who was sought and arrested by the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team at her hideout in Boksburg, Gauteng on Monday, 26 April 2021. It has now been established that the pair were working together when selling Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) houses without the knowledge of Tokologo- and Rockdale-based owners, Hawks spokesperson Captain Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi said.
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Three company directors have been arrested for alleged fraud involving over R5 million worth of foodstuffs meant to feed the needy in Malawi.
They were arrested by the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team for alleged fraud related to food, such as tons of refined vegetable oil and yellow split peas, that was donated by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its humanitarian relief.
The investigation was launched after the South African Revenue Services (Sars) opened a fraud case in contravention of the Value Added Tax Act and Excise Act in June 2017.