The businessman, 47-year-old Ridwaan Rajah was convicted on the charges against him in April. capetown
, Hawks spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Siyabulela Vukubi said that after the work was certified to be completed, the department rejected his proposed final account amounting to R10.8 million.
‘In his founding affidavit in support of the aforesaid application, the accused misrepresented and stated that the full amount of R500,000 was in respect of an advance payment made to the sub-contractor, namely Winlite Aluminium and Doors Ltd. ‘It was later discovered that the accused did not pay the full amount over to the sub-contractor, which he never disclosed in the notice of motion proceedings, but withheld an amount of R51,903,’ Vukubi said.
Rajah was subsequently given two sentences: a six-year sentence for theft with a five-year full suspension and a 12-month sentence for perjury with a five-year full suspension.
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