Devi Sigamoney approaches high court to appeal 10-year sentence over SASSA fraud

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Devi Sigamoney approaches high court to appeal 10-year sentence over SASSA fraud
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JOHANNESBURG - A 69-year-old woman has approached the Pretoria North Magistrates Court to appeal her 10-year prison sentence after she fraudulently benefitted from SASSA grants.

Sigamoney was found guilty of collecting older persons' grants for five years, while being a director of a company which scored millions in tenders from the police department. KJP traders, the company where the 69-year-old is listed as a director, scored R88 million in tenders to provide the South African Police Service with furniture in 2022.On Wednesday, the Pretoria North Magistrates Court was meant to hear her application for leave to appeal her effective 10-year sentence but her lawyers were not ready to proceed.

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