EASTERN CAPE - The Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team in Umtata arrested 14 supermarket employees on, 24 February 2021 for fraud. It is alleged that between May and July 2011, the accused defrauded a local supermarket in Elliotdale by writing off sales, in the…
EASTERN CAPE - Neliswa Mapekula (63) was convicted and sentenced to 10 years direct imprisonment on 22 February 2021 by the Mount Frere Regional Court on three (3) counts of tempering with Eskom infrastructure and stealing prepaid units amounting to over R189 000. It is…
LIMPOPO - The Hawks' Serious Organised Crime Investigation members arrested a 35-year-old woman on Wednesday in Thohoyandou for allegedly plotting to murder her ex-husband. It is alleged that the suspect hired a hitman in November 2020 to execute the plot of killing her ex-husband who…
The Durban based Hawks' Serious Corruption Investigation team arrested 33-year-old Nana Precious Mbuto on Tuesday, 23 February 2021 for Temporary Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) fraud. Mbuto stands accused of falsely applying for TERS funds from the Department of Labour amounting to just over R2.6 million…
EASTERN CAPE – An alleged tax evader Neliswa Tantsi (49) was arrested on Wednesday by the East London based Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team for allegedly defrauding the South African Revenue Services (SARS). It is alleged that between 2014 and 2015 Tantsi failed to…
The Hawks Serious Organised Crime Team together with Crime Intelligence and Gauteng K9 have arrested two more suspects of an alleged notorious vehicle hijacking syndicate in a interprovincial takedown operation. The syndicate has been on the radar of the authorities for a while. A project…
FREE STATE - Mavis Mmalefa Buthelezi Mokoena (42) was convicted as charged for theft by the Ficksburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday. It is alleged that Mokoena misappropriated approximately R117 000 from the Ficksburg South African Police Service (SAPS) between the period 2014 to 2016. Mokoena…
GAUTENG – Felix Christopher Eghan (32) appeared in the Randburg Magistrates Court for trafficking in persons and possession of counterfeit goods on Monday. It is alleged that in November 2020, a 34 year old lady was lured from Cape Town to Johannesburg with promises of…
FREE STATE - Moleboheng Precious Mohasoa (29) a former police official attached to the Protection and Security Services (PSS) along with Innocent Paki Kompi (31) and Napo Moses Mohasoa (33) appeared before the Bloemfontein Regional Court yesterday, 22 February 2021 for sentencing on drug-related charges.…
KZN - a 48 year-old suspect will be appearing in the Port Sheptone Magistrates court on Monday morning following his arrest by the Hawks Serious Organised Crime Investigation team in Port Shepstone together with the K9 unit for illegally trading in an archaeological item contravening…