MPUMALANGA – Emmanuel Xolani (39), Ngwenya Phindile (39), Charmaine Kalogwile (36), Clifford Phill Kalogwile (29) were released on R5 000-00 bail each by the Nelspruit Commercial Crime Court on Friday, 15 July 2022 after they were arrested by the Hawks Nelspruit based Serious Commercial Crime Investigation for over R1.8 million fraud.

It is alleged that in July 2018, the accused submitted fraudulent documents to SARS on behalf of their two companies namely Maestro Arts cc and Priscino Trading Enterprise Pty Ltd involving an estimated R1.8 million. The matter was reported to the Hawks for Investigation and the accused were linked to the case and charged with contravention of Tax Administration Act, Value Added Tax Act, Act 89/1991, Prevention of Organised Crime Act and Money laundering.

The case was postponed to 06 August 2022 for further investigation.

Source: South African Police Service