R46m tax trial for Modack in August
The legal woes of alleged underworld kingpin Nafiz Modack are worsening as he is set to go on trial for allegedly defrauding SARS out of R46m.
A Weekend Argus reports after spending months in the dock – facing a plethora of charges related to the murder of slain Anti-Gang Unit detective Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear – Modack was informed of his impending trial when he returned to the Western Cape High Court on Friday.
This comes amid months of delays after Modack was slapped with two High Court indictments shortly after Kinnear’s murder.
Modack – alongside his mother, Ruwaida; brother, Yaseen; Faried van der Schyff; Bashier Syce; Layla Bedderson; Dominique McLachlan and Kulsum van der Schyff – was bust by the Hawks several years ago on fraud charges.
They are facing more than 700 charges of racketeering, fraud, money laundering, forgery and uttering and contravention of the VAT Act.
But the tax trial became hamstrung when the Western Cape High Court proceeded with the murder trial first.
Modack appeared alone in the dock on Friday. The state prosecutor told the court that Legal Aid SA had appointed Advocate Bash Sibda to represent him at the tax trial.
Sibda was also appointed to represent Modack in the murder trial.
The case was postponed until 30 August when Modack will be joined with his co-accused and they will be given a date for the tax trial.
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