By Thys Khiba – Dineo Precious Powane has appeared in the Rustenburg Magistrates’ Court as a suspect in multimillion rand fraud case involving Zambian accountant Evan Mutale.
This comes after she was arrested earlier this week on Monday, 22 May.
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Powane was granted R3000 bail and is facing three charges of money laundering. She was linked to a case relating to Mutale(44), who is facing 21 charges of fraud and three alternative charges of money laundering, after his arrest by the SAPS’ Provincial Commercial Crime Unit on 12 April 2023, in Rustenburg.
The 44-year-old accountant was charged for stealing over R 5 million, from Jaira Constructions and Projects.
Mutale was responsible for managing accounts, payroll, and loading payments.
The two are expected to appear at the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court, sitting in Rustenburg on 07 June 2023, for pre-trial conferencing.
According to the North West spokesperson for the NPA, Henry Mamothame, Mutale is out on R10 000 bail.
“It is alleged that between September 2019 and November 2020, Mutale fraudulently transferred money into an account belonging to Powane, who has no links to the company but is known to him.
“These transactions were allegedly done under the pretense of paying a service provider for services rendered to the company. In the process, he deceived his supervisor to make final authorisations for money to be transferred into Powane’s bank account,” said Mamothame.
After investigations were conducted, it was revealed that some of this money was later transferred to his bank account. Based on these revelations, the state took a decision to charge him for money laundering.
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