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October 30, 2008
Fake BEE partnership costs J-Bay man R400000 fine
CONTROVERSIAL Jeffreys Bay businessman and lawyer Pieter Hancke, 58, entered into a plea bargain yesterday after having used the names of domestic workers among others to secure BEE deals of more than R900000 with the Kouga municipality.
He pleaded guilty in the commercial crimes court yesterday to eight charges of fraud of R977639,03 committed between 2000 and 2003. He was then sentenced to either four years' imprisonment or a R400000 fine. An order was also granted that he pay over R400000 to the criminal asset recovery account.
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Posted by StaffWriter at October 30, 2008 8:49 AM
