A former Buffalo City Metro admin clerk was arrested for fraud and money laundering on Thursday.
Andile Mhlawuli, 35, was nabbed by the Hawks’ East London serious commercial crime investigation team.
On Friday, provincial Hawks spokesperson Capt Yolisa Mgolodela said Mhlawuli had allegedly fraudulently enriched himself at the expense of service providers between April and August 2014.
“His modus operandi was that he would identify projects where tenders had been awarded but there were retention funds that had not been claimed by the service providers,” said Mgolodela.
“The accused would then prepare payment packs with falsified documents purporting to be those from service providers. The funds would then be deposited into bank accounts belonging to his friends and relatives for withdrawals.”
Hawks nab ex-BCM admin clerk for fraud
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A former Buffalo City Metro admin clerk was arrested for fraud and money laundering on Thursday.
Andile Mhlawuli, 35, was nabbed by the Hawks’ East London serious commercial crime investigation team.
On Friday, provincial Hawks spokesperson Capt Yolisa Mgolodela said Mhlawuli had allegedly fraudulently enriched himself at the expense of service providers between April and August 2014.
“His modus operandi was that he would identify projects where tenders had been awarded but there were retention funds that had not been claimed by the service providers,” said Mgolodela.
“The accused would then prepare payment packs with falsified documents purporting to be those from service providers. The funds would then be deposited into bank accounts belonging to his friends and relatives for withdrawals.”
BCM councillor, ex-assistant granted bail in fraud case
Mgolodela said Hawks investigations had linked Mhlawuli to several fraudulent transactions, “which prejudiced the municipality cash to the value of over R140,000”.
Mhlawuli was granted R1,000 bail by the East London magistrate’s court on Thursday. The case was postponed to Friday to set a trial date.
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