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135-years for Bookkeeper who defrauded Covid-19 relief fund
On Thursday, the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court sentenced bookkeeper Lindelani Gumede to the hefty sentence for defrauding the UIF of more than R11 million in Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) funds.
Gumede who defrauded the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) of more than R11 million has been given a 135-year jail term.
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane said some sentences would run concurrently, and Gumede would serve an effective 20 years behind bars.
Gumede, who was arrested in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, in August last year following an investigation by the Hawks, processed fraudulent TERS claims on behalf of four Gauteng bakeries, including Country Pies and LPG Clotilda.
According to the NPA charge sheet, Gumede purported to be an employee of the companies he defrauded.
He submitted the same FNB account for all applications.
In sentencing Gumede for 32 counts of fraud, Magistrate Brian Nemavhidi said Gumede exploited the Covid-19 measures meant to help the needy, saying he “unashamedly exploited the system meant to assist the poor”.
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