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News24 reports that a Free State law firm clerk has been handed an eight-year prison sentence for stealing almost R5 million from trust funds and deceased estates, and then distributing the money between himself, friends and family.
Free State Hawks spokesperson Colonel Zweli Mohobeleli said the 36-year-old Herman Daniel Badenhorst had been a clerk at Phatshoane Henney Attorneys in Bloemfontein. Part of his job was to administer deceased estates and trust funds. It was discovered in November 2019 that illegal transfers had been made between 2008 and 2018. The case was investigated by Serious Commercial Crime Investigation based in Bloemfontein. Last week the accused was convicted of fraud, money laundering, and the contravention of the Electronic Communication and Transactions Act. This was not the first time that an employee of the law firm was found guilty of defrauding it. Last year, 45-year-old Giselle Taylor Maritz was given a five-year sentence for defrauding the firm of R6 million.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Botho Molosankwe at News24
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