VBS money laundering case in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda Municipality postponed
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Years later after the VBS bank has been collapsed, various people who are alleged to have been siphoning money out of municipal accounts are still facing the full might of the law.
Six municipal employees aged between 37 and 45, Nkhensani Ndengeza (45), Mabaso Nazo (39), Rotshidzwa Khazamula (37), Vuyelwa Matshangaza (38), Mangaliso Matshangaza (37) and Lazarus Matshangaza (43) are the latest to get arrested on allegations of fraud, corruption and money laundering.
It is said according to Hawks Spokesperson Col Katlego Mogale that the said suspects had been laundering money amounting to R 2.5million between 2017 and 2019 from the Dr Kenneth Kaunda Municipal accounts.
Col Mogale said that their investigations revealed numerous bank transactions from the said municipal account to personal bank accounts under the disguise of non-existing tender.
“One of the three officials who has since left the municipality would allegedly routinely make payments into the bank accounts of his wife and brother.”
“He reportedly also routed more funds into an account belonging a woman in Johannesburg allegedly under the guise of a tender that was awarded. The woman would subsequently send the money back to him.”
They were eventually arrested simultaneously in Johannesburg, Vryburg, Orkney and Klerksdorp respectively on 24 May 2022 and made their first court appearance at Orkney Magistrate’s Court.
They were each released on R5000 bail. The matter was postponed to 1 August 2022 for further investigation.
