Veer Gosai stumbled onto the fraud when he discovered someone had opened a SASSA grant and bank account in his name. He said he, and his friend Joel Cedras, are not done with finding flaws in government and private institutions' network systems and helping to fix them.
When Veer Gosai chose to study computer science, he had no idea where it would lead him. As a computer science student at Stellenbosch University, Veer's passion for technology led him to uncover a massive fraud scheme in the South African Social Security Agency's Social Relief of Distress grant system.
Also read: More than 1.9 million will be affected after Sassa uses means test through the banks as a criterion to determine eligibility He said he was on the Stellenbosch University Campus with his counterpart, Joel Cedras, when he made the disturbing discovery. “It feels pretty good, but it also makes me feel like I've done something good,” he said. “The SASSA SRD R370 grant is meant for the most vulnerable people. If they're not getting this, it's a huge loss and can lead to hunger.”
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