The Hawks have arrested a former Free State Health Department employee for 194 charges of fraud‚ money laundering‚ forgery and uttering. In a statement released on Friday the Hawks said the suspect worked in a psychiatric hospital in the province and was attached to the supply chain management division. "It is alleged that the suspect defrauded the department of R7.8m through submission of fraudulent procurement applications between 2013 and 2015. He resigned from the department in April 2016 after hearing that there was an investigation instituted against him‚" the Hawks said. The man was arrested in the North West province on Thursday and is expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s court on Friday. Police said they expected to make more arrests.
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