This week our case took place at the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court.
We have Francois Malekana, he was a former contract manager at Workforce Staffing and Mlungisi Sakala who was a HR manager at National Rubber Matmin.
Francois created “ghost employees” using the details of three former staff members. He changed their bank account details to his personal bank account details and paid himself their salaries.
He also added his wife, Charlotte Sakala, to the payroll of the organisation. She received monthly salaries even though she did not work for the company.
Francois shared the fraudulent funds equally with Mlungisi Sakala. The court heard that the transactions happened between August 2017 and November 2020.
“Further investigation discovered that another supervisor working for National Rubber Matmin, a client of Workforce Staffing, was also involved in creating and paying of ghost workers.”
Francois and Mlungisi shared the proceeds at the end of each and every month. “The company suffered an actual loss of R2.3-million,” said Nkabi.
Francois was sentenced to five years in prison, with three years suspended for five years.
Mlungisi was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with four years suspended for five years.
Charlotte (the wife) became a state witness, and she was cleared of all charges against her.
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Source: Sunday World