The Hawks on Sunday arrested a 62-year-old man for allegedly pocketing R4.7m from the Covid-19 Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) temporary employer/employee relief (Ters) scheme.
Hawks spokesman Brig Hangwani Mulaudzi said the man would face fraud, theft and money laundering charges.
"The pensioner was arrested after he failed to disclose that he became a instant R4.7m millionaire. The money was meant to remunerate employees of a certain company to be disclosed in court papers," Mulaudzi said."It is understood the suspect worked for the same company and allegedly used the reference number from his previous employers to apply for his UIF payout.
"A case was registered and almost R4.6m has already been recovered. He allegedly used almost R100,000 for himself," said Mulaudzi.Also on Monday, in a separate case, two police officers - Sergeant Thokozane Mchunu, 34, and Sergeant Nqobile Witness Mzimela, 39, will appear in court alongside 25-year-old Sboniso Percical Khanyile after they were arrested for R692,000 in alleged Ters fraud.
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