ALLEGED TAX FRAUD SUSPECT APPEARS IN COURT

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FREE STATE – Motseki Godfrey Leine (40) appeared in the Bloemfontein Regional Court on Thursday, 21 January 2021 facing charges of Fraud.
It is alleged that over the period from 2014 to 2018, Motseki submitted false Value Added Tax (VAT) returns. Subsequently the South African Revenue Services (SARS) was prejudiced and suffered a total loss exceeding R1.7 million.
A preliminary probe by SARS was reported to the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigations in November 2019 which resulted in his arrest and first appearance in court.
The case against Motseki was postponed to Monday, 22 February 2021 in order to set a date for a trial.