News24 reports that the criminal case against a State Security Agency (SSA) employee accused of defrauding the intelligence service of more than R1 million has been postponed again.

Thuso Leonard Oesi appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria on Wednesday, when the court heard that his defence team still had to finalise their instructions for trial. As part of the finalisation, Oesi is also in the process of securing an expert IT witness to testify on his behalf. The State asked that the postponement be marked as final as they were ready to proceed to trial. The case was postponed to 26 January next year. According to the charge sheet, Oesi is accused of defrauding the SSA of around R1.1 million between August 2019 and February 2020. Allegedly, Oesi, who is employed as an SAP system administrator at the SSA, created fictitious payment advance authorisations to himself for training courses he never attended. How he allegedly did this is detailed in the News24 report. He has been charged with seven counts of fraud, three of contravening the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, nine of forgery, and nine of the uttering.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Alex Mitchley at News24

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