A former Ndwedwe local municipality payroll administrator has been sentenced to six years imprisonment for creating ghost employees and using fictitious names to defraud the municipality. | CebohNyambose
According to the Hawks, he created ghost employees and used fictitious names to defraud the municipality."As a result, Ndwedwe municipality suffered an actual prejudice of R488 142.60," Hawks spokesperson Captain Simphiwe Mhlongo said.
During the certification of salary payments, Gama's supervisor noticed suspicious payments and a case of fraud was reported at Ndwedwe police station. Mhlongo added that Gama was sentenced to six years imprisonment of which two years were suspended for five years on condition that he does not commit the same offence during the period of suspension.In times of uncertainty you need journalism you can trust.
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