The dramatic act took place at the Johannesburg specialised commercial crime court on Tuesday where the suspect appeared for another fraud case.
“In July 2016, over R4m that was meant to be paid to service providers for services rendered was allegedly paid into several different accounts, one of them belonging to Matlala who allegedly received approximately R1.8m. Meanwhile, he had not rendered any services. He appeared at the Klerksdorp magistrate's court facing a charge of fraud and the case was remanded to March 20 2019 for bail application,” said Rikhotso.“I just know that he was arrested by police from Klerksdorp.
Another source who witnessed the action said he knew that the Hawks had been eyeing Matlala for a while and “they failed at their first attempt to arrest him at court”. “This was the second time they visited court to arrest him [Matlala]. The first time, I think someone tipped him off because he ran out of the court building. He was there for his appearance but nowhere to be found later,” he said.
The third source added: “Nico was attending court as usual when there was suddenly electricity breakage and his matter had to be postponed. “When he stepped out of court, the police were ready to grab him and take him to North West. I heard it was another fraud case in that province."
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