Fin24 reports that an unnamed Johannesburg bookkeeper is the latest suspect to have been nabbed by police for fraud relating to the Unemployment Insurance Fund's (UIF’s) Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (Ters).

The bookkeeper allegedly fleeced the fund of R11.1 million after submitting claims for four clients without their knowledge. The money due to the clients was paid into the bookkeeper's business accounts instead of into the clients’ accounts. "The intended clients realised something was not fine after they were harangued by their employees for not paying them Ters monies they had claimed, and at this point, they reported the matter to the police,” the Department of Employment and Labour’s statement on the matter indicated. The police reportedly seized the bookkeeper's Audi Q2 as it was suspected to have been bought with the stolen money. The alleged fraudster is scheduled to appear in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court in Johannesburg on 31 August. The UIF's "follow-the-money" initiative has led to the arrest of at least 17 other suspects and the recovery of around R827 million.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Londiwe Buthelezi at Fin24

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