{"id":34072,"date":"2021-10-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/?guid=4ddf4ac64a7a737c49a93f3dc41b5f11"},"modified":"2021-10-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T00:00:00","slug":"alleged-raf-fraudster-appeared-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricagazette.com\/alleged-raf-fraudster-appeared-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged RAF fraudster appeared in court"},"content":{"rendered":"
Marlene Pietersen (42) appeared in the Gqeberha New Law Court on 5 October 2021 for allegations of fraud after her arrest by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team on the very same day.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
On 24 April 2018, Pietersen allegedly submitted a false Road Accident Fund (RAF) claim on behalf of her husband, Niklaas Gallant who died after falling off a bridge, claiming that he had died in a motor vehicle accident that occurred in Joubertina on 7 July 2014.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
RAF discovered inconsistencies and then lodged a complaint with the Hawks which culminated in the arrest of Pietersen on 5 October 2021. RAF was rescued from a potential prejudice of R700 000.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Pietersen was released on warning and was instructed to return to court today, 6 October 2021.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Marlene Pietersen (42) appeared in the Gqeberha New Law Court on 5 October 2021 for allegations of fraud after her arrest by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team on the very same day.On 24 April 2018, Pietersen allegedly submitted a f…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n