A woman from Cape Town is expected to appear in court today on allegations of defrauding a grape farm of more than R11 million.
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In a statement, police spokesperson Captain Frederick van Wyk confirmed that the Commercial Crime Investigations officers arrested the 43-year-old Kuils River woman on Friday in connection with the Wellington fraud case.
“According to records, she was employed by a grape farm. During November 2021, the farm manager informed the director of the farm of suspected transactions that were made by the suspect,” said Van Wyk.
Farm management officials hired an auditing company to look into the matter and it was discovered that more than 400 transactions were allegedly made from the business’ accounts to the woman’s personal account between 2019 and 2021.
According to Van Wyk, the transactions were valued at R11,210 781.
“The woman is expected to appear in the Wellington Magistrate’s Court on Monday,” he added.
Meanwhile, in a separate case, Van Wyk said that a 37-year-old former clothing store manager will face fraud charges in the Mitchells Plain Magistrate’s Court today after more than R200,000 was stolen through fraudulent transactions.
“The suspect was a manager at a retail clothing store, and while employed, did fictitious refunds and pocketed the cash. A total of R201 210 was stolen from the company due to fraudulent transactions,” said Van Wyk.
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