Hawks head General Godfrey Lebeya says more than 40 statements have been obtained in relation to the robbery at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm. PhalaPhalaFarmGate
Hawks management at the media briefing in Pretoria on August 23, 2022.The former State Security head, Arthur Fraser, laid a criminal complaint against the President a few months ago,The complaint relates to the alleged theft of large amounts of US currency from the farm in Lephalale, Limpopo, in 2020.
Addressing the media in Pretoria on Tuesday, Lebeya says, “The question is whether we are investigating. Indeed the complainant did make a statement. And so far we’ve filed 41 statements in the docket. So I will not deal with the contents or merits of whose statement is filed in the docket. But rest assured that 41 statements is more than what the complainant shall have filed.
“To cite two examples: in 2019, the convictions relating to Serious Commercial Crime Investigation Component alone was 37 597 counts. In Cape Town Central CAS 1279/10/2016, the two natural persons and five juristic persons were convicted on 487 counts of fraud and money laundering of Value Added Tax to the value of R110 million, and R440 million potential loss. The natural persons were on 21 February 2020, sentenced to 17 years and 16 years imprisonment respectively,” adds Lebeya.
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