Teachers, police and nurses were targeted by the fraudsters in an attempt to add legitimacy to their operation.

Two individuals were nabbed for allegedly defrauding the COVID-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme out of R648k.

The former Financial Controller at Eskom is said to have fraudulently created fictitious payment invoices which cost Eskom R35 million.

The 27 people who were arrested in connection with a fraudulent passport syndicate have been remanded in custody.

A couple were convicted after a court found that they fraudulently stole more than R10 million from the UIF’s TERF scheme.

All Blacks bad-boy Zac Guildford has been sentenced to nine months’ home detention for fraud charges – including one against his grandfather!

All Blacks bad-boy Zac Guildford has been sentenced to nine months’ home detention for fraud charges – including one against his grandfather!

Ayanda Dlodlo said lifestyle audits are not a punitive measure but it’s undisputed that there are corrupt public service employees.

Xolela Masbeni’s ABSA fraud case was withdrawn after his death certificate was handed to the commercial crimes court in Johannesburg.

The fraud and money laundering case against Absa employee, Xolela Masebeni has been withdrawn, however, his girlfriend remains accused.

Ponzi scammers Marlene and Clive Lewarne got a slap on the wrist after their cases for a scheme worth almost R5 million was postponed.

A former police offficer and his partner in crime were recently nabbed for their involvement in a fuel fraud syndicate in George.

The 50-year-old former manager was arrested and charged with numerous counts of fraud between February and September.

A Mozambican national was remanded in custody after using a cloned credit card 265 times, causing an actual loss of R113 525.

Xolani Masebeni allegedly stole R103 million from Absa and transferred the money into various accounts including that of his wife.

What a chaotic crime comedy. Six suspects have been arrested after speeding away out of a petrol filling station. The trouble sparked after a card payment declined.

Bold move! Bathobile Mlangeni has declined a bail application. The former SBV guard allegedly cut open cash bags and disappeared out of the Mall of Africa in 2019.

New York Attorney General Letitia James said her investigation into the Trump family’s business dealings had uncovered evidence suggesting the fraudulent valuing of multiple assets and misrepresentation of those values for economic benefit.

Attorneys on Tuesday asked a judge to delay the sentencing of fallen biotech star Elizabeth Holmes, who was found guilty of defrauding investors in her blood-testing startup Theranos.

Elizabeth Holmes’s startup Theranos made her a multi-billionaire hailed as the next US tech visionary by age 30, but it all evaporated in a flash of lawsuits, ignominy and, finally, criminal charges.

SA’s self-proclaimed youngest millionaire and Bitcoin trader – Sandile Shezi – is in the news for fraud. Here’s everything to know about him.

Swereen Govender allegedly lured family and friends into her PPE fraud scheme, stealing their life savings and pensions.

An Italian man who received government welfare for years due to blindness was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of fraud after being seen driving, window shopping and riding a scooter, news reports said.

This Illovo finance department employee has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars after stealing almost R6 million from the company in Durban.

A Durban woman has been found guilty and sentenced for R8 million fraud against her former employer, Grindrod South Africa.