SUSPECT SET TO APPEAR IN COURT FOR DEFRAUDING SOUTH AFRICAN REVENUE SERVICE

NORTHERN CAPE- A 35 year old suspect was served with summons on Monday, 31 January 2022 by the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team on allegation of fraud and money laundering.

South African Revenue Service (SARS) in Kimberley alleges that the main suspect made false entries on Corporate Income Tax returns and Value Added Tax returns between 2016 and 2017. The accused is an accomplice of the main suspects arrested in December 2020. The main suspect is a director of Franti General Trading CC, Mamontobatsi Gloria Sebolecwe. The accused assisted with false submissions to South African Revenue Service resulting in an actual loss of R415 000.

The matter was reported to the Hawks for further probing and the suspect was summoned to appear before Kimberley Magistrate Court on Thursday, 17 February 2022.