A 29-year-old woman will appear in court this week after being arrested for fraud after allegedly stealing R2 million from the Road Accident Fund.
The woman, who cannot be identified until she appears in court, was apprehended over the weekend by the Commercial Crime Investigation Unit.
Colonel Robert Netshiunda, a KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, said the suspect worked as a secretary for a Hillcrest-based attorney in November last year.
“She is accused of defrauding a claimant of R1.650,000.” “After sending the claimant from pillar to post, she claimed that the RAF had not paid out, but RAF records showed that the funds had been paid into the attorney’s account,” Netshiunda added.
The incident was reported, and a fraud inquiry was launched by the police.
Netshiunda said in the same month, another fraud case was opened against the woman.
“She allegedly issued a fake proof of payment to the amount of R440,000 which the client had claimed from the RAF,” Netshiunda said.
The woman will appear in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
IOL reported earlier this month that a 51-year-old Eastern Cape attorney was detained for allegedly stealing RAF money from a widow.
On Tuesday, Shaun Masimla of Shaun Masimla Attorneys appeared in the Gqeberha New Law Court, facing charges of fraud and theft.
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