Hawks nab family members of fraud-accused former NWU professor
The Hawks have arrested four family members of former North-West University professor Nolutho Diko on charges of fraud and money laundering.
The suspects Sinayo Diko (29), Nqophisa Diko (35), Nomakade Diko (39) and Siyabulela Ndengane (48) handed themselves over to the Hawks on Wednesday.
Their arrests relate to an investigation into allegations that Diko defrauded the university of more than R400 000.
"It is reported that between May 2016 and April 2017, she allegedly submitted financial claims to the university under the name of her company, reportedly on behalf of external consultants and other service providers whom she alleged to have rendered services to the university," said Hawks spokesperson Tlangelani Rikhotso
"Through investigations, it was discovered that those service providers never rendered any services to the university."
The 58-year-old mother appeared in the Mmabatho Magistrate’s Court in September 2022.
Rikhotso says she was released on a warning.
"Three of her children and her brother, who are co-directors of Fabued College Co-operative Limited, appeared before Mmabatho Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday where they each faced twelve counts of fraud and eleven counts of money laundering.”
The case has been postponed to 15 June.
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