Six Tshwane municipality employees have been
arrested for fraud believed to amount to over 100-million rand. The
employees working in the fleet management division at Tshwane
municipality allegedly swindled the municipality by submitting inflated
invoices to the municipality on behalf of service providers.
Tshwane metro police chief Stephen Ngobeni says the suspects are expected to appear in court in Pretoria soon.
"We arrested the council employees for defrauding council. Management of our fleet was becoming very expensive, hence we made the investigations and then we came out with this arrest. It was a tip off from some of the council employees that things are not right at the fleet management and then we started with the investigation," says Ngobeni.
Tshwane metro police chief Stephen Ngobeni says the suspects are expected to appear in court in Pretoria soon.
"We arrested the council employees for defrauding council. Management of our fleet was becoming very expensive, hence we made the investigations and then we came out with this arrest. It was a tip off from some of the council employees that things are not right at the fleet management and then we started with the investigation," says Ngobeni.
Meanwhile, KwaZulu-Natal police have arrested 21 suspects in connection with 55 counts of fraud in KwaDukuza, north of Durban.
It is alleged the suspects produced fraudulent firearm competency certificates to apply for firearm licences.
Police spokesperson Thulani Zwane says three firearms which were fraudulently obtained were also confiscated during the arrests.
He says more arrests are expected. "They allegedly submitted fraudulent competency certificates when they were applying for firearms licenses. We are still going to investigate as to how they got hold of these fraudulent competency certificates because all their serial numbers are the same."
It is alleged the suspects produced fraudulent firearm competency certificates to apply for firearm licences.
Police spokesperson Thulani Zwane says three firearms which were fraudulently obtained were also confiscated during the arrests.
He says more arrests are expected. "They allegedly submitted fraudulent competency certificates when they were applying for firearms licenses. We are still going to investigate as to how they got hold of these fraudulent competency certificates because all their serial numbers are the same."
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