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Bara also stated that Burgess had the opportunity to stop the fraud as it took place over several years.
She was arrested by the Hawks in 2019.
A 65-year-old woman from Gqeberha will be spending 15 years in prison for stealing R13.4million from an Eastern Cape training centre. Image: Ulrich BaumgartenSource: Facebook
In 2020, 3 186 dishonest and fraudulent claims were made, amounting to R587 million.
Workers in mortuaries have allegedly been selling bodies, among other things, to get to obtain ID numbers.
This is just one of the ways South African criminals are attempting to gain cash from funeral policies.
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