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‘Sorry, grandma, but you’re not too old to do time for R20m crime’

17 September 2020 - 08:00 By Philani Nombembe
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A woman who defrauded Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality of millions will serve 15 years behind bars.
A woman who defrauded Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality of millions will serve 15 years behind bars.
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A granny who devised an elaborate cyber scheme to defraud Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality of millions is off to jail.

Pumla Ntozini, 62, will serve 15 years for swiping what a magistrate described as a "breathtaking" amount.

 

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