‘Deplorable’ R35m Eskom fraudsters receive 20-year jail term: Bernard Moraka and Victor Tshabalala defrauded Eskom to the tune of almost R35-million over 32 months through 53 bogus transactions
and Victor Tshabalala, the two fraudsters who stole R35-million from Eskom, “deplorable” as he handed them each a 20-year prison sentence for their 32-month graft scam.
“What makes this offence even more serious is the fact that both of you were in a position of trust; more so in relation [to Moraka] as a financial controller. This placed on you the duty not only to be vigilant and diligent in dealing with Eskom’s resources, money included, but to also be very protective and to jealously safeguard it against theft.
He added that the fraudsters were motivated only by greed, saying he would not accept their “flimsy and unconvincing reasons” for him to deviate from the minimum prescribed sentence of 15 years each for 51 of the 53 fraud counts they were convicted on. “Moraka spent the money on luxury cars and overseas trips with his new family and went to places that most people can only dream of.
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