Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) boss Teboho Maruping wants people who defrauded the fund of millions through the Covid-19 temporary employee relief scheme (Ters) to be given longer jail time.
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.people who defrauded the fund of millions through the Covid-19 temporary employee relief scheme to be given longer jail time.
Kgaje committed the crimes using her company, Pusoloso Engineering Services. She was hit with a fine of R100,000 and sentenced to three years for fraud and a further 15 years' imprisonment suspended for five years.Maruping was confident the couple’s sentencing would not be the last for employers who stole funds meant for employees who suffered salary cuts or were retrenched during the 2020 coronavirus outbreak.
“We will continue to round up and send fraudsters that stole from the working class to prison. I am pleased with the latest sentences and will insist on even higher sentences so that our message of no tolerance can be crystal clear. “The day is coming when those who wittingly stole from distressed workers, will answer to the authorities. Working together with our partners, we will continue to pursue Covid-19 fraud cases until every one has been dealt with,” said Maruping.
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