TimesLIVE reports that a suspicious-looking sick note has unmasked a police warrant officer and his wife for running a bogus doctor's certificate and prescription scam going back to 2013.  

The Limpopo policeman, who was busted on Wednesday, had allegedly issued more than 20 sick certificates to himself.  His wife managed to evade arrest, and is believed to be on the run.  "This arrest is the result of acts of fraud dating from 2013 until this year, after a suspicious-looking medical certificate, purportedly issued by a certain medical doctor, was submitted with a leave form in Seshego," explained a police spokesperson.  The couple from Polokwane also allegedly sold sick notes for R200.  The wife of the 53-year-old officer, attached to protection and security services, had apparently previously worked for a doctor in the area.  When she was fired, she allegedly stole documents bearing the doctor's letterhead.  The officer is expected to appear soon in the Seshego magistrate's court on charges of fraud.

• Read the full original of the above report by Nonkululeko Njilo at TimesLIVE

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