Eskom employee arrested for R11m electricity billing fraud

TheChamp

TheChamp

Honorary Master
Joined
Feb 26, 2011
Messages
57,360
A former Eskom employee has been arrested for electricity billing fraud amounting to R11m.
Liesel Maria Wolmarans, 44, appeared in the Gqeberha specialised commercial crime court on Friday after her arrest by the Hawks’ serious commercial crime investigation team.

Capt Yolisa Mgolodela, spokesperson for the directorate, said Wolmarans was a senior billing clerk at Eskom between March 2011 and May 2021. She processed electricity meter readings on the billing system. The readings were captured by route contractors at customer sites on a hand-held device and forwarded to Wolmarans electronically.
Click to expand...

Eskom employee arrested for R11m electricity billing fraud

Former Eskom employee, Liesel Maria Wolmarans has been arrested for electricity billing fraud amounting to R11m.
www-sowetanlive-co-za.cdn.ampproject.org www-sowetanlive-co-za.cdn.ampproject.org
 
dualmeister

dualmeister

Honorary Master
Joined
Oct 15, 2005
Messages
51,401
Huh?

So what did she get out of it?
Some money under the table for undercharging? Very vague ...
 
TheChamp

TheChamp

Honorary Master
Joined
Feb 26, 2011
Messages
57,360
wingnut771 said:
How do the contractors and her get paid?
Click to expand...
The contractors are at the premises, they negotiate with the owner who is supposed to pay R10k, they underrepresent the units to show that only R5k is due, the owner gives them R1000 cash and waits for his reduced bill, saving R4k in the process and Eskom losing out on the same amount.

The contractors will then take their share and hand over what is due to her.
 
Herr der Verboten

Herr der Verboten

Honorary Master
Joined
Feb 14, 2012
Messages
22,535
theratman

theratman

Honorary Master
Joined
Jan 21, 2008
Messages
11,965
koffiejunkie said:
It's worse than that. She didn't steal 11mil. She helped underbilled customers (presumably for a small kickback). The R2000 bail suggests she's not rolling in cash.
Click to expand...

Yeah, I wonder what the kickback was. Must've been a decent amount.
 
azbob

azbob

Honorary Master
Joined
Nov 18, 2008
Messages
36,328
TheChamp said:
The contractors are at the premises, they negotiate with the owner who is supposed to pay R10k, they underrepresent the units to show that only R5k is due, the owner gives them R1000 cash and waits for his reduced bill, saving R4k in the process and Eskom losing out on the same amount.

The contractors will then take their share and hand over what is due to her.
Click to expand...

You mean saving R9k?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top