{"id":1509,"date":"2019-10-29T08:21:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T06:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotnewsconnect.co.za\/law\/?p=1509"},"modified":"2019-10-29T08:21:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T06:21:42","slug":"it-pays-to-report-crime-first-offenders-20-years-in-prison-confirmed-for-r4-9m-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotnewsconnect.co.za\/law\/2019\/it-pays-to-report-crime-first-offenders-20-years-in-prison-confirmed-for-r4-9m-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"It Pays to Report Crime! First Offender\u2019s 20 Years in Prison Confirmed for R4.9m Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe scourge of white collar crime, especially fraud, is currently the order of the day in our country. Fraud is a cancer that is crippling our country from the core and takes away from the poorest of the poor\u201d (extract from judgment below)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is tempting sometimes to think that the high levels of criminal activity plaguing us at every level of our society are here to stay and that it is pointless reporting crime when you fall victim to it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if we don\u2019t all report crime when it happens, and if we don\u2019t keep following up to ensure proper investigation and prosecution, we hamstring our courts. And that is self-defeating, because give our courts the chance to crack down hard on criminals and that is exactly what they do.&nbsp; A recent Supreme Court of Appeal decision is only one of many such examples &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>The SETA employee who stole R4.9m<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The fraudster in question was employed for 2 years by a SETA (Sector Education and Training Authority). One of the SETA\u2019s functions was to allocate grants to employers, education and training providers and employees, and one of the employee\u2019s duties was to upload the banking details of grant beneficiaries onto the SETA\u2019s payment system.<\/li><li>Together with two accomplices (one of them a bank official) he diverted grants to a fraudulent bank account on 26 occasions, the amounts involved ranging from under R100,000 to almost R1.4m.\u00a0<\/li><li>His fraud was \u201cfortuitously\u201d uncovered only several months after he resigned from the SETA, and he pleaded guilty in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court to 26 counts of fraud totalling an amount of R4,898,158.21. He was sentenced to a total of 20 years imprisonment.<\/li><li>Relevant here were the minimum sentencing provisions in the Criminal Law Amendment Act which provide that\u00a0<strong>even first offenders must be sentenced to a minimum of 15 years\u2019 imprisonment for any fraud involving more than R500,000 (R100,000 for persons acting together or R10,000 for law enforcement officers)<\/strong>\u00a0unless \u201csubstantial and compelling circumstances exist which justify the imposition of a lesser sentence\u201d.<\/li><li>The High Court refused the fraudster leave to appeal against that sentence, and he approached the SCA.<\/li><li>The Court was unimpressed with the fraudster\u2019s claim to have shown remorse and with his offer to come up with a repayment plan. Although he was a first offender, the Court characterised fraud as \u201ca cancer that is crippling our country from the core\u201d (full quote above) and noted that in this case \u201cthose severely affected were about 200 youth from disadvantaged backgrounds who were robbed of education and apprenticeship opportunities which would have enabled them to uplift themselves in society. Ultimately, these apprenticeships would have enabled them to attain jobs, which is a scarce commodity in our country.\u201d<\/li><li>The end result \u2013 the fraudster must serve his 20 years.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other \u201cminimum sentence\u201d crimes\u00a0<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A whole range of other serious offences are also subject to similar minimum sentencing requirements &#8211; murder, robbery, rape, corruption, exchange control offences, sex and drug trafficking and so on. The list is a long one, and victims of crime can take heart from it.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px;margin-top:40px\"><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> The information provided herein should not be used or relied on as professional advice. No liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions nor for any loss or damage arising from reliance upon any information herein. Always contact your professional adviser for specific and detailed advice.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 12px;color: #ccc;text-align: right\">\u00a9 LawDotNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe scourge of white collar crime, especially fraud, is currently the order of the day in our country. 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