Wife and husband face fraud charges
ALEXANDRA – A female former company financial director and her husband will re-appear in the Alexandra Magistrates' Court on 14 October 2015 on fraud and theft charges.
A former company financial director and her husband, who are out on bail, will re-appear in the Alexandra Magistrates’ Court on 14 October 2015 on fraud and theft charges. The case was postponed to enable further investigation.
The court heard that the woman, a former employee of a pool-cleaning company, allegedly defrauded her employer of close to R250 000 between April and December 2012.
This after the company owner asked her to open a separate account in which to deposit money for the employees’ bonuses for the end of the year. Instead, she allegedly opened the account in her own name and deposited the money from the company into this account and one that belonged to her husband. Also, she is said to have transferred R4 000 to one of her relatives’ account.
She further defaulted in paying creditors’ bills and allegedly siphoned the money into her and the husband’s account. This resulted in creditors instituting civil claims against the company.
The fraud was detected by the owner through routine checks resulting in her dismissal and arrest on 30 March this year.
