A drug addict convicted of embezzling R120 000 from Vodacom was on Monday sentenced to two years house arrest at the Noupoort Christian Drug Rehabilitation Centre. <\/p>\n
Morne van Vuuren, 26, was also jailed for two years, but the sentence was suspended for five years on condition that he complete a two-year rehabilitation programme at Noupoort. <\/p>\n
Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court Magistrate Amrith Chabilall warned him he may not consume liquor or drugs, other than those prescribed by a doctor, during his period of house arrest. <\/p>\n
Van Vuuren also had to perform 16 hours a month community service in the form of cleaning and maintenance. <\/p>\n
Prosecutor Simon Leope said Van Vuuren had been in the employ of the company ISIS (Pty) Ltd, and as such was part of a team that assisted Vodacom with IT technical support and maintenance. <\/p>\n
Vuuren had illegally accessed the Vodacom domain by dialling remotely into the Vodacom network with a PC, and had thus downloaded airtime to the value of R120 000 to 50 different pre-paid cellphones, and kept the money for himself. <\/p>\n
Van Vuuren used the R120 000 to support his drug addiction, Leope said. <\/p>\n
Van Vuuren pleaded guilty on 60 counts of fraud and two of violating legislation relating to the unauthorised access to, interception of, or interference with data. <\/p>\n
Chabilall disagreed with defence attorney Andrew Joyce, that Van Vuuren’s plea of guilty to the charges had been an indication of remorse. <\/p>\n
He said offenders often pleaded guilty simply because there was no other way out. <\/p>\n
By cheating Vodacom, Van Vuuren had "bitten the hand that fed him", the magistrate said. <\/p>\n
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