âââ 09:40 Thu, 29 Apr 2021 PHOTO: 123RF.com/Evgenyi Lastochkin
The Free State High Court has granted a seizure order to the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) to seize property of R249 million, which belongs to senior government officials and businesswoman Lenah Mohapi (55).
It is reported the Free State Department of Agriculture and Rural Development gave a number of contracts to a company called Superior Quality Trading, which also trades as Rekgonne Community Projects, even though the company never attended any of the required briefing sessions.
During the investigations of the Estina case, it was discovered that there were also irregularities in the financial flow analysis of a certain account. According to a police statement, large amounts of money have allegedly been deposited into a bank account belonging to the former Chief Financial Officer for the Free State Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
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Asset Forfeiture Unit granted R249m restraint order in Free State corruption case 28 April 2021 - 21:41 The high court has granted a restraint order of R249m to the Asset Forfeiture Unit related to the Estina corruption case. Image: Alon Skuy
The Free State high court has granted a restraint order of R249m to the Asset Forfeiture Unit of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in Bloemfontein related to the Estina dairy corruption case.
The order was granted against businesswoman Malikomo Lenah Mohapi, 55, her business Superior Quality Trading and Seipati Sylvia Dhlamini, 49, former CFO of the Free State department of agriculture and rural development.
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