Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation
(HAWKS)
KWAZULU-NATAL – A 44-year-old suspect is expected to appear in the Richards Bay Magistrate’s Court on Monday following her arrest by the Hawks members from Durban Serious Commercial Crime Investigation on Thursday, 30 December 2021.
It is alleged that in 2018, she submitted a fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) claim to the Department of Labour, when she was working for Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) and the department paid her an amount of R13 940-56.
A case of fraud was reported at Richards Bay police station and the case docket was allocated to Hawks members from Durban Serious Commercial Crime Investigation for further investigation. As a result she was arrested yesterday and charged for fraud.
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