KZN woman due in court for defrauding Dept of Labour over R13k

A 44-year-old suspect is expected to appear in the Richards Bay Magistrates Court in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday after she was arrested on fraud charges.

According to the Hawks, she submitted a fraudulent UIF claim to the Department of Labour back in 2018 when she was working for Richards Bay Minerals.

The department paid her out over R13,000.

The suspect was arrested on Friday.

A case of fraud was reported at Richards Bay police station and the case docket was allocated to Hawks members from Durban Serious Commercial Crime Investigation Unit for further investigation.

-EWN

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