A 65-year-old woman who pleaded guilty in 2021 to almost 1,000 counts of fraud after stealing more than R13m from her employer over a decade, has had her 15-year prison sentence slashed to 10 years meaning she will be eligible for parole next year. The 15-year sentence imposed by the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Gqeberha on Estelle Burgess in 2021 for the fraud she committed against a nonprofit educational college had “induced a sense of shock”, the Makhanda high court said.
The NPA in the Eastern Cape has recently obtained some notable convictions in cases involving fraud and corruption. They also give insight into how corrupt public officials have managed to manipulate financial management systems, either on their own or in collaboration with others. The NPA in t.
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