Jonathan Wolpe, the CEO of United Aviation Group, is being probed by police in KZN and the Hawks in Gauteng for fraud, with his dubious deals allegedly spanning as far as the UAE.
JOHANNESBURG - Two South African pilots were held hostage for a week in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a South African high-flying, horse jumping enthusiast and aviation businessman, Jonathan Wolpe, allegedly stole millions from the DRC government and a company contracted to it.
“Jonathan would forge proof of payments, quite badly, and he just kept doing this, which obviously caused tension and was winding up the client, who started getting a bit hostile.” “My total pack, which is a fuel bladder, that I need to ferry the machine back to its location had been drained; they had removed the fuel out of it. So, there was no way we were leaving. We had no fuel to move the machines anywhere.”
In a leaked recording with a person acting on behalf of ZAS Aviation, Transport and Logistics, Wolpe says: “It’s a perfectly legitimate payment. There needs to be the capital behind it. If the funds are in the account, it will clear. There is nothing wrong with the payment, but it needs the funds. If the money’s not available, it’s not available, it doesn’t make it illegal.”
Police in KwaZulu-Natal are also probing Wolpe for fraud, as he owes R3.1 million to the company Stark flew for.
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