The fraud and corruption case against three alleged Cape Town underworld figures has been postponed to 9 February 2021 after they were granted bail on Tuesday.
Mark Lifman, 53, Jerome Booysen, 56, and William Stevens, 66, appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court following their arrest by the Hawks. They were granted bail of R100,000 each.
“The three men were arrested in one of the phases of an ongoing investigation into extortion, dealing in drugs, fraud, corruption, and money laundering activities of the Cape Town underworld organized crime,” said Hawks spokesperson Katlego Mogale.
The trio also stands accused of the murder of Brian Wainstein.
Mogale said the three were also ordered to hand in their passports, report to their nearest police station once a week, and should they need to leave the province, inform the investigating officer before doing so.
Minister of Police Bheki Cele welcomed their arrest, saying it was “a huge victory in the fight against organized crime”.
“This is only the beginning of our efforts as the police to tighten the grip on these crimes committed by the underworld and run extortion rackets that undermine the state and threaten the livelihoods of local economies,” Cele said.
-The Citizen
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