A 45-year-old suspect is expected to appear before the Bloemfontein Magistrates’ Court on 25 June 2024 on allegations of contravening the Tax Administration Act 28 of 2011. He was served with a court summons on Friday, 05 April 2024. He will appear alongside four of his co-accused who were also served with summons and re-arrested after similar charges against them were previously withdrawn pending investigation.

A preliminary probe by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) uncovered the suspect's alleged tax fraud where false company income tax returns were submitted which resulted in SARS losing more than R3 million. The incident took place between 2018 and 2020.

The matter was then reported to the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team based in Bloemfontein culminating in a summons being served

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