WESTERN CAPE - Two suspects aged 33 and 50 were arrested on Thursday after the discovery of a Hydroponic clandestine dagga laboratory in St Helenabaai. Hydroponic equipment, 168 dagga plants and protected whale species bones which were displayed inside the living room were seized. The…
Mohamed Ismail Admajee (44) has been remanded in custody by the Palm Ridge Commercial Crime Court today after he was arrested by the Germiston based Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit on Wednesday for alleged fraud and corruption involving an approximately R64 million tender scam.…
A 47-year-old man is set to appear at the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on 10 February 2021 to face 16 counts of fraud and 10 counts of contravening the Tax Administration Act as well as forgery. He was summoned on 20 January 2021 by the…
The Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team in Germiston arrested a 44-year-old man for alleged fraud and corruption involving approximately R64 million tender scam. The suspect was an Information Technology (IT) manager at one of the well-known South African mobile network service providers. It is…
NORTH WEST - Calvin Kwinana (45) was sentenced to five (5) years imprisonment with an option of a fine of R30 000 for fraud at the Brits Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. The accused who was employed by the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation as an…
The Hawks Serious Corruption Investigation team has welcomed the conviction handed down to Nomabandla Manjezi (47) by the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Port Elizabeth, yesterday. Manjezi was found guilty on four counts of corruption and two counts of fraud. The matter was postponed to…
KWAZULU-NATAL - Thembisile Phungula (41) appeared in the Durban Specialised Commercial Crime Court yesterday following her arrest by Hawks members from the Durban Serious Commercial Crime Investigation on Friday, 15 January 2021. Phungula allegedly submitted a fraudulent matric certificate and a teaching diploma to the…
GAUTENG – Yesterday, 18 January 2021 the Kempton Park Regional Court remanded Kelvin Chigwede (36) in custody for a charge of illegal dealing in rhino horns. In December last year, Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime in Germiston, Benoni SAPS and the South African National Parks (SANPARK)…
Pretoria: 18 January 2021 - Despite numerous calls by management of the South African Police Service (SAPS) for an end to attacks on police officials, this disturbing pattern continues unabated. The recent outcry follows the murder of a 53-year-old Warrant Officer on Sunday, 17 January…
WESTERN CAPE- Five suspects aged between 43 and 61 will appear in the Bellville Serious Commercial Crimes Court on Friday, 22 January 2021. The suspects including four company owners, an accountant and three juristic persons (entities) were served with summons for allegedly defrauding South African…