Pretoria — After a sting operation, two suspects were arrested for fraudulent payment, with one of them being a former assistant director at the Department of Arts and Culture.
The operation that resulted in the arrests was conducted by members of the Head Office Serious Commercial crime stationed at Serious Economic Offences unit.
According to police spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale, the former Department of Arts and Culture employee provided fraudulent payment requisitions for three different companies in order to obtain payment for goods and services that were not rendered.
“The presented fraudulent invoices payment to the value of R4 957 804-00 as potential loss with an actual loss of R1 811 745-00 only suffered by the Department,” Mogale said.
Both suspects together with the companies were charged with fraud, corruption, and money laundering.
The pair appeared in the Specialised commercial crime court and were remanded in custody.
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