South Africa
Ters fraud: The authorities are closing in─── 09:17 Thu, 18 Feb 2021
Authorities are rapidly closing in on thousands of South Africans who unlawfully enriched themselves through the Unemployment Insurance Fund's Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (Ters).
In August last year, Labour and Employment Minister, Thulas Nxesi, referred the Auditor-General's findings on fraud and wasteful expenditure associated with Ters payments to the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), for consequence management and legal action.
This week, the SIU reported back to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Labour and Employment.
Since December 12, investigations into payments to over 6 000 civil servants, 78 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members, seven prisoners and 68 deceased people have been finalised. Twenty people have been arrested and 70 criminal court cases have started.
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