The court case against former Cape Town attorney Zeenat Mohamed has been transferred to the Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Bellville. Mohamed will appear on 23 May 2023 on charges of fraud, forgery, uttering alternately theft and money laundering.
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Zinzi Hani, SAPS spokesperson, says Mohamed appeared before the Wynberg Magistrates’ Court yesterday. ‘This comes after her arrest this morning on a warrant at her residence by the Serious Commercial Crime Investigation and was immediately brought before Court. The accused was released on R50 000 bail with stringent conditions.’
Hani adds that the 41-year-old allegedly misappropriated trust funds to the amount of over R6.6 million while she was a practising attorney and conveyancer. The funds were meant for settling two immovable properties transactions between May 2020 and August 2021.
She was struck from the roll of attorneys in March this year.
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