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TimesLIVE reports that members of the Asset Forfeiture Unit and the Hawks have seized and attached various properties of 15 individuals in Gauteng who are alleged to have committed fraud and theft amounting to R157m from Nedbank between July 2018 and January 2023.
These properties are in Roodepoort, Randburg, Krugersdorp and Pretoria. The property secured by curators, with a combined estimated value of about R33, included houses, sectional title units, a smallholding, 77 vehicles, cash held in bank accounts and business interests. “Items that were attached at the various locations include gold and silver jewellery, luxury wristwatches and designer clothing items, laptops and cellphones, about R80,000 in cash, a cash counting machine, licensed handguns and assault rifles, 16 magazines with ammunition and 2,172 rounds of ammunition of various calibres,” NPA spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane indicated. She said the 15 were being prosecuted in the Johannesburg specialised commercial crimes court on charges of fraud and theft. The accused were released on bail and are expected to appear in court on 26 March. Allegedly, one of the 15 individuals, Nicolette de Villiers, who was employed by Nedbank as an investigator in its group financial crime forensics and security division during the period in question, abused her position to engineer the fraud and theft by unlawfully transferring funds held in suspense accounts by Nedbank on behalf of legitimate victims of fraud into the bank accounts of various unlawful recipients with whom she was personally acquainted. Of the property secured in terms of the court order, Lucas Mathimbi, also a former Nedbank employee, was connected to 11 immovable properties.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Ernest Mabuza at TimesLIVE
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