PORT ELIZABETH - DESPATCH BOOKKEEPER FOUND GUILTY & SENTENCED FOR DEFRAUDING NEARLY R2 MILLION FROM SARS

Former Despatch bookkeeper Lindy Sharp was sentenced today in the Port Elizabeth Regional Court to 8 years imprisonment for defrauding the taxman of nearly 2 million rand.

Two years of the sentence was suspended for a period of 4 years, meaning she will serve an effective six years imprisonment.

The 42-year-old  Sharp pleaded guilty back in September of 2015 after being charged with defrauding the SA Revenue Services of more than 1.9 million rand between July and October of 2012 by submitting fictitious Paye as you Earn and Site taxes claims for 54 local tax payers.

Her personal cut from these claims amounted to R753 000.

SARS became aware of the situation when they interviewed her in November 2012 and she admitted to wrongdoing.

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