The fraud, corruption and money laundering case against five accused \u2013 including former Transnet Group Chief Executive, Siyabonga Gama \u2013 in relation to corruption at Transnet has been postponed to August in the Palm Ridge Specialised Crimes Court.<\/P>
The case relates to corruption involving some R93 million during the purchase of at least 1 064 locomotives. They also face a charge of contravention of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA).<\/P>
The accused in the matter are Gama; former Transnet Acting Group Chief Financial Officer, Garry Pita; former Group Treasurer, Phetolo Ramosebudi; Regiments shareholder, Eric Wood; Trillian Asset Management and current Director, Daniel Roy (Novum Asset Management) and owner of Albatime Pty Ltd, Kuben Moodley.<\/P>
Following their arrest in May, National Prosecuting Authority Investigating Directorate (NPA ID) spokesperson, Sindisiwe Seboka, explained that the case relates to Transnet\u2019s 2012 Request for a proposal tender for \u201ctransaction advisory services to secure funding for $2.5 billion to fund the acquisition\u201d of the locomotives.<\/P>
\u201cIn May 2015, Transnet appointed JP Morgan for advisory services. In July – October 2015, the same officials in Transnet started facilitating the termination of the JP Morgan contract. This cancellation resulted in them appointing Trillian in October 2015.<\/P>
\u201cAn invoice of R93.4 million was submitted by Trillian through [Trillian Director] Roy. The invoice was approved by Pita and Gama, and payment was made on 3 December 2015 to Trillian\u2019s account. Three days after that, R74 million was paid to Albatime, owned by Kuben Moodley, for no apparent reason.<\/P>
\u201cPrior to that, payment by Transnet was made to Regiments for R189 million in June 2015 for the alleged same services,\u201d Seboka said. <\/P>
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Source: South African Government News Agency<\/P>
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