MILITARY CLERK GETS BAIL
An SA National Defence Force employee accused of stealing at least R1.1 million was granted R20,000 bail in her fraud case at the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Wednesday.
Zelda Wolmarans is accused of having "diverted" at least R1.1 million during her 10 years of employment as a clerk at the SANDF salaries department.
She is accused of having moved the funds to her own bank account and to those of her five adult children.
Wolmarans, a civilian, was arrested in April.
Her two biological children and three step-children are also facing charges at the court. They are out on R5000 bail each.
Wolmarans is to appear again on May 25 and is restricted from visiting any SANDF base, must visit her local police station once a week and relinquish her passport to police, the court ruled.
A restraint order was issued on the woman and her children and some of their assets were seized, said the National Prosecuting Authority.
The assets included properties in Pretoria, six vehicles, a 125cc Honda motorbike, an insurance policy, pension benefits and numerous bank accounts.
The woman was employed from 1993 at the SA Defence Force, which later became the SANDF, as a senior administration clerk responsible for capturing information of army reservists being called up for courses and training sessions on the SANDF salary system.
During another investigation it was discovered that the woman allegedly created the impression that part-time army reservists were called up to attend courses or training sessions, knowing that this was untrue.
On completing their fictitious attendance, the woman allegedly used her own banking details as well as the details of her children.
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03 Mai 2006 à 16:49 dans
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