Four Home Affairs officials nabbed for fraud, corruption in Limpopo
Four officials from the Department of Home Affairs officials have been arrested in Tzaneen on charges of fraud and corruption.
The officials were arrested by members of the Hawks in Limpopo on Wednesday.
Hawks spokesperson Matimba Maluleke says the suspects worked with four runners to recruit South African citizens to apply for passports.
The suspects would pay the South Africans R1000 each for the use of their personal information.
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"It is further alleged that all the process of applying for a passport would be followed but when it comes to photoshoot, they would call the foreign nationals to the booth, as a result, the passports would contain the particulars of South African citizens but the photos would be of illegal foreign nationals,” says Maluleke.
"The Home Affairs Counter Corruption and Security Unit discovered these illegal activities in May this year and referred the matter to the Hawks.
The suspects are set to appear in the Tzaneen Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
