The Pretoria Regional Court has granted a confiscation order of R599 783 against a former senior member of the SAPS crime intelligence unit, Major-General Solomon Lazarus, for his looting of the secret services account.
The SAPS uses funds in the secret services account to finance covert projects, investigations and operations.
“Lazarus was the chief financial officer of the secret services account and also a member of UTE. The funds used by UTE originated from the SAPS secret services account, which were in turn generated from the state fiscus,” said Seboka. Regional Magistrate Adriaan Bekker, who presided over both the criminal case against Lazarus and the asset forfeiture application, ordered a confiscation inquiry in terms of Section 18 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998 in December.
“The State also argued that the R1 291 326 represents historical values and that it should be expressed in current terms, namely R2 178 845.29.
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