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Eastern Cape doctor guilty of defrauding Road Accident Fund

An Eastern Cape doctor has been found guilty of fraud and corruption, after he lodged a false claim of R2.25m with the Road Accident Fund.

Dr Tony Moodley, 66, claimed to have treated 83 victims of a bus accident in 2007.The pay out from the Road Accident Fund was valued at R2.25 million.

Moodley appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Port Elizabeth. He had claimed to have attended to an accident scene to provide first aid services to 83 persons that were passengers involved in an accident between two buses on 17 June 2007. The accident occurred on 16 June.

The case was postponed to 19 April 2021 for sentencing.

 

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