{"id":27972,"date":"2021-01-30T10:13:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T10:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?p=27972"},"modified":"2021-01-31T10:14:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T10:14:02","slug":"fraudster-convicted-for-r35-million-tax-evasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/fraudster-convicted-for-r35-million-tax-evasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraudster convicted for R3,5 Million Tax evasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FREE STATE &#8211; Utimile Mike Chubisi (41) appeared in the Bloemfontein Regional Court on Friday, 29 January 2021 facing charges of contravening the Tax Administration Act.<br \/>\nIn 2019 the South African Revenue Services (SARS) uncovered Chubisi&#8217;s fraudulent activities that cost the receiver of revenue in excess of R3.5 million.<br \/>\nThe matter was then reported to the Hawks\u2019 Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team in Bloemfontein.<br \/>\nChubisi was arrested and initially appeared in court on Wednesday, 29 May 2019 and then made several follow up appearances until his recent conviction on Friday, 29 January 2021.<br \/>\nThe court has convicted Chubisi and sentenced him as follows: R1 million or 12 months imprisonment of which is suspended for 5 years, on condition that he doesn\u2019t commit the same offence for a period of the suspended sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Source: South African Police Service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FREE STATE &#8211; Utimile Mike Chubisi (41) appeared in the Bloemfontein Regional Court on Friday, 29 January 2021 facing charges of contravening the Tax Administration Act. 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