Fraud and theft to the tune of millions from the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) in Gauteng have been uncovered in a Hawks investigation in which four people have been arrested. Polity reports that according to Colonel Katlego Mogale, the four people appeared in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court on Tuesday on charges of fraud and theft involving R113m.
The four allegedly used fraudulent cession agreements on behalf of the NHLS to commit the crimes, Mogale said. They also allegedly flaunted supply chain management processes in awarding a R25m tender to an internet and surveillance company.
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