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Tax Evasion: Former SARS auditors now arrested for R321m fraud
The Hawks investigation uncovered a tax evasion syndicate of tax payers, runners, SARS current and former employees and bank staff.
The Johannesburg Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team has arrested two former South African Revenue Service (SARS) auditors who are facing tax evasion charges amounting to hundreds of millions of rands.
The former SARS auditors, Corah Madlepollo Kooko, 39, and Noluthando Sipokazi Mbanga, 45, and a runner, Mndolozi Mncube, 44, appeared in the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crime Court on Tuesday, facing charges of tax evasion to the tune of approximately R321 million.
Hawks nab ex-SARS auditors for VAT fraud.
The Hawks in Johannesburg have arrested two former SARS auditors for alleged tax crimes worth some R321 million, the unit announced on Tuesday.
The auditors, Corah Madlepollo Kooko and Noluthando Sipokazi Mbanga, as well as a third suspect, Mlondolozi Mncube - who has been described as a runner - have been charged with tax fraud that led to a loss of over R277 million to SARS.
The Hawks said that SARS investigators had uncovered a syndicate of more than 20 individuals who were involved in extensive VAT fraud and operated over a three-year period. The accused worked in collaboration with small and medium enterprise owners who claimed undue VAT refunds from SARS for their entities.