A former Department of Labor employee has been jailed by the Witbank Regional Court for 15 incidents of fraud he was convicted of.
The 42-year-old Thokozani Percy Skosana was employed by the Department of Unemployment Insurance Fund’s division, and since 2012 has made several payments to “ghosts” and was able to start the payments with a “business enterprise” where transport and general dealer services are provided. be.
His company ensured that ghosts were also registered as unemployed, and thus realized a reasonable monthly income.
The ghost story hauled more than R63,000 from the Department of Labor, which apparently cannot be recovered due to the man’s financial position.