South African police have arrested a 53-year-old Portuguese citizen on suspicion of involvement in fraud and money laundering worth some 14.7 million rand (730,700 euros) at the state-owned electricity company Eskom, authorities said.
“Maria Cantelou, 53, a Portuguese citizen, was arrested and convicted today. [sexta-feira]”, on May 5, as the fifth indictment by the Middelburg-based Serious Commercial Crimes Unit Hawks in the case of fraud, theft and money laundering in the amount of approximately R14.7 million in Eskom,” the statement said. port police. Sekgotodi Dineo.
A spokesman told Luza that the Portuguese citizen was arrested this Friday morning.
In a statement, a spokeswoman for the South African police’s Hawkes unit stressed that the woman “facilitated” the competition process in 2013 by being released on parole after posting a bail of about 5,000 euros in a South African court.
“It is alleged that between March and April 2013, the defendants facilitated bidding on behalf of Angel Frost Investment and benefited from the crime,” he explained.
A spokeswoman for Hawks added in a note that the Portuguese woman was brought before a commercial crimes court in Hendrin, Mpumalanga province, who granted her parole on payment of a “100,000 rand (about 5,000 euros) bail with conditions”, without going into details.
“The case has been rescheduled to June 5, 2023 for further investigation and the search for other accused,” a South African police spokeswoman said, adding that Maria Cantelo will also attend the trial along with the co-defendant in the fraud case. South African Public Electricity Company.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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