Corruption Watch has informed South African Revenue Service commissioner Tom Moyane that it will lay criminal charges against him. A letter was sent to Moyane on Tuesday, concerning his failure to act decisively on the findings of the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) report detailing fraud and corruption by his deputy, Jonas Makwakwa, and Kelly-Ann Elskie. The FIC is a banking regulator and provided the report to SARS recommending investigations into whether R1.2m in "suspicious and unusual" deposits into Makwakwa’s account were proceeds of crime, corruption or money laundering. Moyane sat on the FIC report on Makwakwa since May. SARS said last month that the FIC had not been co-operating. Makwakwa has been suspended over the allegations. Corruption Watch said on Wednesday that it was "disturbed" by the manner in which Moyane had handled the case and that his failure to take appropriate action was unlawful, as the commissioner was obliged to report Makwakwa and Elskie to the Dire...
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