Nine Gauteng vehicle testing officials arrested in R80m scam
After a ‘thorough and wide-ranging investigation’, the officials found to be canceling traffic fines by allocating them to deceased people
Nine officials at Gauteng vehicle testing stations have been arrested for running a traffic fines and false documents ring that the provincial government has estimated to be worth R80m. They are accused of fraudulently canceling traffic fines and other related documents. The Gauteng government said on Friday that after a "thorough and wide-ranging investigation"‚ which started last year‚ authorities discovered that the suspects have been allocating outstanding traffic violation fines to deceased people‚ which enabled them to process false documents for the actual offenders.
The sting operation started on Thursday and led to the arrest of four officials from the Germiston testing station. The other five officials were from the Bedfordview and Alberton testing stations Gauteng community safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane commended officers from the Gauteng traffic police‚ Road Traffic Management Corporation and the South African Police Service for "rooting out criminal elements"...
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