Two former spies in court for theft, money laundering
Two former employees of the State Security Agency have appeared in court for theft and money laundering.
They are accused of stealing R5.8 million in state funds.
Ntshavheni Makhathana was the manager of the Cover Support Unit (CSU) of the then National Intelligence Agency (NIA), responsible for all its operations and financial expenditures at the time.
His co-accused, Matome Ralebipi, was a former agent of the NIA before it was renamed SSA.
They are accused of laundering money using a company registered and owned by Ralebipi between 2007 and 2010.
The two accused appeared in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Monday and were granted bail of R100,000 and R150,000, respectively.
"Further acts of money laundering, utilising Ralebipi Properties CC (accused 3), a corporate entity which the state alleges was created to serve as a money laundering platform to conceal the origin of the proceeds of crime, and the true ownership of the two business properties that were purchased, as well as acts of fraud, forgery, uttering and perjury being committed to conceal the unlawful misappropriation of these funds,” Investigating Directorate Against Corruption spokesperson Henry Mamothame said.
The case was postponed to June for pretrial.
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