Western Cape transport department officials added to the growing list of people arrested for fraud and corruption in an ongoing vehicle registration fraud investigation, which included a syndicate allegedly comprised of police and city officials.
Two Western Cape transport department employees were arrested as part of investigations into an alleged vehicle registration fraud syndicate operating in the police and the transport department.
On Friday, police investigators from the Bellville vehicle investigation unit and provincial crime intelligence members arrested a 41-year-old man and a 46-year-old woman at the Western Cape transport department offices at 9 Dorp Street in Cape Town. Another transport employee, a 45-year-old man, was arrested at his house in Lower Crossroads, Philippi.
Police spokesperson Capt FC Van Wyk said the officials were implicated in a syndicate in which 13 people are under investigation. He said the investigation spanned several provinces. “This arrest is part of an extensive investigation against 13 suspects, including police and Cape Town vehicle registration officials, who are due to appear in the Bellville magistrate's court on fraud, forgery and corruption charges,” he said.
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