SIX PLEAD GUILTY TO CONTRAVENING THE PREVENTION OF ORGANISED CRIME ACT
GAUTENG: Six accused, Phumzile Ivy Ngubane (48), Thuleleni Joyce Ngubane (44), Delisile Constance Ngubane (62), Busisiwe Brenda Masango (43), Gunther Nsibande (51) and Nhlanhla Mkhabela (33) have on Tuesday, 15 July 2025 pleaded guilty to contravening section 5 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA), Act 121 of 1998 (assisting another to benefit from proceeds of unlawful activities).
The guilty plea is as a result of what is believed to be a syndicate referred to as the ‘Capitec Group’ which embezzled funds from the Compensation Fund. The syndicate made misrepresentations to the Compensation Fund which gave rise to the fund making payments to entities purporting to be medical aid providers supposedly to the benefit of legitimate claimants.
As a results of this the fund made payments to what they believed to be bank accounts of the said medical service providers on the basis of the bank account information as captured on the system of the fund.
Subsequently, through investigation it was discovered that these medical service providers were not registered as per the requirements and that the bank accounts to which payments were made belongs to the suspects. On Tuesday, 15 July 2025 the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court found the (6) accused guilty and the matter has been postponed to 03 November 2025 for sentencing.
