R8m land fraud case moved to next year
The case of four would-be Western Cape farmers, who in 2019 allegedly duped the government into giving them two farms worth R8.6m under the land redistribution scheme, has been postponed to April 2022 for plea and trial.
A Cape Argus report says the four have been charged in the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court with fraud and money laundering.
They were arrested through a court summons in March 2019, following an investigation by the Hawks into their deal which involved getting money by misrepresentation from the then Department of Rural Development & Land Affairs.
The investigation focused on the alleged role all four played in the sale of portions of farms acquired through the department’s land redistribution programme.
The two farms were given to the suspects as part of the government’s efforts to redress historical imbalances.
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