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News24 reports that a company director has been arrested after allegedly claiming Ters funds from the Department of Labour on behalf of his employees and using the money claimed to service his payroll.
Andre Appelgryn was arrested by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation team based in Cape Town on Friday. According to the Hawks, Appelgryn claimed money from the Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) fund between May and June 2020. This was on behalf of 44 staff working for him prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. He allegedly used the claimed money to service his payroll. Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani said after it was realised that the Ters monies had been claimed unlawfully as the workers had worked through lockdown and had received their full salaries, there had been a joint investigation by the UIF and the police. On Thursday, the Hawks conducted a search and seizure operation at Appelgryn's candles company offices in Bredasdorp and confiscated documentation regarding Ters funds. He appeared in the Bredasdorp Magistrate's Court on charges of fraud.
- Read the original of the report in the above regard by Cebelihle Mthethwa at News24
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