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The Citizen reports that six persons have been arrested for fraud, corruption and money laundering in connection with the procurement of Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) in the Mpumalanga Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport.
The accused are three government officials employed by the provincial department and the other three are suppliers who won the tender. The six were arrested last week by the Hawks and appeared in the Nelspruit Magistrates’ Court last Wednesday. They allegedly defrauded the state of R1.38 million. A Special Investigating Unit (SIU) found that there had been fraudulent invoicing for services not rendered and inflation of kilometres claimed. “In an instance where service providers were contracted to do fumigations, there was fraudulent inflation of square metres claimed, which resulted in the Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport paying more than what it should have,” the SIU indicated. The suspects were released on bail of R10,000 each and are expected to return to court on 2 November 2022.
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