Annelize Holtzhausen to five years direct imprisonment for theft, after she was found guilty of stealing around R1.6 million from her employer.
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Captain Matimba Maluleke, a Hawks spokesperson in Limpopo, said Holtzhausen stole money by creating false claims and transferring money from her employer's bank account into her personal bank account, as well as her husband's bank account.
Maluleke said:
“Between January 28, 2019 and October 24, 2019, the accused was employed as a financial administration manager at Zandspruit Homeowners Association NPC situated in Hoedspruit. Some of her responsibilities as a manager were to pay the service providers for services rendered for the company.
Instead of paying the service providers, the accused (Holtzhausen) created fictitious claims and transferred the money from the company’s bank account into her personal bank account as if she was paying the service providers. Some of the stolen money was transferred into her husband’s.
According to the Hawks, Holtzhausen's illicit practices were detected by business auditors, who initiated a fraud investigation.
The Polokwane-based Hawks' Serious Commercial Crime Investigation Unit looked into the matter.
