Eskom welcomes judgment ordering employee who stole money to pay it back: Sifiso Masina was found guilty by the Kriel magistrate's court on April 26 and sentenced to eight years in prison, wholly suspended for five years, on certain conditions, including…
The power utility suffered a financial loss of R513,630 after Masina created invoices and submitted them for payment for work that was not done in 2012.
“Eskom is disappointed that someone in a position of trust defrauded the organisation. Eskom continues with the implementation the fraud risk prevention plan to maximise fraud prevention and enhance good corporate governance practices,”Eskom said the implementation of the plan was monitored by the anti-fraud and corruption integration committee which also ensured integration between forensic, legal, ethics, industrial relations and supplier review functions.
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