Cape Town — A businessman from East London was re-arrested for allegedly failing to appear in court after was accused of de-frauding the South African Revenue Services (SARS) of R4 million.
According to the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation, also known as the Hawks, they arrested 31-year-old Kholekile Ntlabathi on Thursday. Ntlabathi is a sole director for three business entities which are Intelligence Build Enterprise, Elbowing group and Lungisa Construction, IOL reported.
Eastern Cape Hawks spokesperson, Warrant Officer Ndiphiwe Mhlakuvana, said it is alleged that Nthlabathi and his companies unlawfully and falsely submitted returns to SARS between 2018 and 2021.
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“Further allegations indicates that the suspect’s intentions was to defraud Sars by submitting those returns on behalf of his business entities. According to the reports, the allegations exposed that Ntlabathi submitted those fraudulent returns pretending to be a true reflection of the business tax returns for that period.” Mhlakuvana said.
It was found that, after tax returns, SARS condicted internal auditing and found discrepancies in the payment made by Ntlabathi. He was arested on 25 April 2022 and, after appearing in court, was released on R10 000 bail.
Ntlabathi appeared in the East London Regional and has been released on a warning.
“He was ordered by the court to appear in court on April 5 for a trial date to be set,“ said Mhlakuvana.
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