A Midrand couple, that defrauded the UIF of more than R600,000 in Covid19 temporary employee relief scheme (Ters) funds, has been sentenced by the Johannesburg specialised commercial crimes court.
Businesswoman Refilwe Kgaje and her partner Isaac Phiri have been imprisoned for defrauding the Unemployment Insurance Fund of more than R600,000 in Covid-19 temporary employee relief scheme money.of more than R600,000 in Covid-19 temporary employee relief scheme funds have been sentencedPusoloso Engineering Services company owner
Refilwe Kgaje, 40, and her partner Isaac Phiri, 45, were charged with two counts of fraud after they claimed for 95 people who were not working for the company. Kgaje was hit with a fine of R100,000 and sentenced to three years for fraud and a further 15 years imprisonment which was suspended for five years.“The department of employment and labour paid an amount of over R600,000 to a bank account which belonged to Phiri,” said National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane.December 22 2020 amounting to R648,915.
The couple’s syndicate was stopped when one of their “employees” opened a case after their R350 Covid-19 relief grant application was rejected. The grant system found the unemployed person was registered as an employee at Pusoloso Engineering Services. “The individual went to open a case and that is when the department of employment and labour began investigations. The accused handed themselves over to the police.“State advocate Vincent Ndzuke argued that when the court handed down a sentence it must fit the crime and must not under-emphasise the seriousness of the offence.
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