South Africa crime

A former South African Revenue Service (SARS) employee and registered tax practitioner, Michael Benson, has been sentenced to six years in prison after being found guilty of a large-scale VAT …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) has arrested a 48-year-old man, believed to be part of a criminal syndicate behind a series of high-value coltan …

The Rustenburg Magistrate’s Court in the North West sentenced Kagiso Josias Selomane, 45, to 20 years in prison for running a scam that defrauded victims of more than R1 million. …

BRAKPAN, SOUTH AFRICA — A 42-year-old Lesotho national, Khothatso Adora, has been sentenced to nine years in prison after being caught in the act of stealing copper cables belonging to …

Standard Bank Manager Raed Cupido Arrested in Drug and Firearms Bust CAPE TOWN — The arrest of Raed Cupido, a 40-year-old marketing manager at Standard Bank, has reignited scrutiny of …

CAPE TOWN – Dutch national Martin Lennard Korver, 59, has forfeited R13.4 million to the state following his conviction for defrauding Investec Bank Mauritius using a Somerset West guest house …

Ralton Christopher Fischer, a former Human Resources Manager at New Hope School in Pretoria, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for defrauding the school of more than R6 million. …

A former Mpumalanga attorney, Mantladi Jo-Anne Mmela (43), has been convicted on four counts of theft by the specialised commercial crimes court in Middelburg for stealing more than R4.1 million …

Cape Town, South Africa — A 25-year-old man, Joseph Hughes, has been sentenced in the Khayelitsha Priority Court for possession of cannabis-related substances, following a major drug bust in 2022. …

GEORGE, South Africa – A 39-year-old fraudster, Riaan Dandrey Belelie, was sentenced to eight years in prison after defrauding a complainant of R300,000 in a house sale transaction, Hawks spokesperson …