KWAZULU-NATAL: On Tuesday, 14 April 2020 the Hawks’ Pietermaritzburg Serious Commercial Crime Investigation Unit served summons to a 30-year-old suspect to appear before the Estcourt Magistrates’ Court for alleged fraud and money laundering.

Her arrest follows ongoing investigations which were preceded by the arrest of Fungai Desire Makunde, a bookkeeper at Champagne Castle Hotel, who made R12 million worth of fraudulent payments between 14 December 2014 and 11 January 2019 into various bank accounts.

Makunde was arrested in January this year and he is due to appear in the same court on 8 July 2020 for trial. They both face 555 counts of fraud and one count of money laundering. Source: South African Police Service