News24 reports that an Eastern Cape doctor has to perform 36 months of community service after he enabled crash survivors to claim R2.25 million from Road Accident Fund (RAF) by faking their injuries.

According to the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks), Dr Tony Moodley, 66, "orchestrated" personal injury claims on 17 June 2007 on behalf of 83 survivors of a head-on bus collision in Walmer the previous day. It later transpired that some of the accident victims did not deserve the RAF payout. Hawks spokesperson Yolisa Mgolodela indicated: "The claims were lodged with local attorneys who claimed, on behalf of the passengers, from RAF. Consequently, cash to the combined value of R2.25 million was paid out for all claimants. Moodley is said to have received kickbacks from undeserving claimants. Later on, [the] Road Accident Fund uncovered some inconsistencies after looking at the order of events, and reported the matter to the Hawks' Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team in Gqeberha for a further probe, which led to his arrest on 2 July 2015.” The Gqeberha Specialised Commercial Crime Court sentenced Moodley on Tuesday for multiple charges of Road Accident Fund (RAF) fraud. As part of his sentence, he will treat patients for free for 576 hours at Livingstone Hospital in Gqeberha.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Malibongwe Dayimani at News24

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