Sassa pensioners allegedly assisted ‘corrupt’ Chetty family to defraud SAPS - Salamina Khoza and Sarathamoney Sigamoney are accused of fronting for companies that received nearly R150m in ‘fraudulent’ police contracts
Both pensioners face up to 15 years in prison should they be convicted of defrauding Sassa.
Internal National Prosecuting Authority documents place Chetty and his 65-year-old father, Krishna Chetty, at the head of an alleged fraud syndicate that uses almost 30 front companies — allegedly fronted by pensioners and the Chetty family’s employees — to receive almost R150 million in contracts from the SAPS.
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