Pieter Jacobus Adams, a former Chief Credit Control at the Bergrivier Municipality in the Western Cape, was convicted on 435 counts of fraud and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. A confiscation order was issued, requiring him to use his pension fund, valued at over R500,000, to repay the municipality.
Pieter Jacobus Adams convicted on 435 counts of fraud has been ordered to use his pension fund to pay back the municipality.A Western Cape municipal official convicted of defrauding the municipality has been ordered to pay back R500,000 using his pension fund.
The National Prosecuting Authority said Adams was sentenced to 10 years direct imprisonment with 6 years suspended for 5 years. Adams worked at the municipality for 17 years. He worked as a credit controller from July 1, 2002, until he resigned on November 25, 2019 "He was also in charge of submitting any suspected tempering of metering units to the water/ electricity department for further investigation, print tokens needed by the electricity department, like power limits, key changes, and free issues."the accused’s prepaid electricity meter was replaced and changed to an indigent tariff, and to effect the said change was issued by the accused.
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