BARBERTON – Thomi Mduduzi Masango (41) appeared in the Barberton Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on various charges of income-tax fraud amounting to almost two million rand. He was arrested by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation Unit in Mpumalanga.

It is alleged that - between 2011 and 2014 -  Masango, who was a human resource manager at a local mine, allegedly submitted fraudulent tax returns to the South African Revenue Service (SARS) on behalf of mine employees. SARS lost approximately R1,9 million as a result of these illegal activities.

Masango is facing 41 counts of fraud. He has been granted bail of R5 000 and has to reappear in the same court on December 4, pending further investigation.

Submitted by: Capt Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi
Editor: Anchen Coetzee
Subeditor: Lynette Brink