Owesifazane webe u-R3.7 million kumqashi wakhe.

Owesifazane waseKapa weba u-R3.7 million kumqashi wakhe esebenzisa ama-invoyisi mbumbulu anemininingwane yakhe yasebhange. Ugwetshwe iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili ejele uLouise Baynes, oweba u-R3.7 million kumqashi wakhe, iRubicon Lighting.

UBaynes wayesebenza njengomgcinimabhuku emnyangweni wezezimali weProvince Lighting, ehweba njengeRubicon Lighting. Le nkampani igxile ekukhiqizeni nasekusabalaliseni imikhiqizo yokukhanyisa kwezentengiselwano eNingizimu Afrika.

Imisebenzi yakhe yayihlanganisa ukubamba ama-invoyisi abahlinzeki ohlelweni lokukhokha nokulayisha ulwazi lwabazuzi. UBaynes uphinde wavuma izinkokhelo zeRubicon Lighting ohlelweni lwabo lokukhokha ngaphambi kokuba zigunyazwe abaphathi.

Phakathi kukaJanuwari 2017 noFebhuwari 2023, wathumela ama-invoyisi amanga futhi ashintshiwe okuthiwa akhishwe abaphakeli abasemthethweni futhi wagunyaza izinkokhelo ezihlobene nawo. Uphenyo olwenziwe yithimba le-Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation lwembule ukuthi wayeshintshe ama-invoyisi.

Wafaka imininingwane yasebhange yabaphakeli abasemthethweni nasema-akhawuntini asebhange ayengawakhe noma ayengaphansi kolawulo lwakhe. Uveze la ma-akhawunti ngamanga njengawabahlinzeki abasemthethweni abanelungelo lokuthola inkokhelo.

Esebenzisa lawa ma-akhawunti angafanele, uRubicon Lighting wenza izinkokhelo eziningi kuma-akhawunti akhohlisayo. Lezi zinkokhelo zazingekho emthethweni futhi zingakhokhwanga kumsolwa, okwaholela ekuphazamisekeni okukhulu kwezezimali enkampanini.

Uphenyo luthole ukuthi izinkokhelo ezingekho emthethweni zenziwa ngenxa nje yokuziphatha kukaBaynes kokukhwabanisa kanye nokungafaneleki ngamabomu. Ngomhlaka-30 Septhemba 2026, iNkantolo Yesifunda saseParow yamthola enecala lamacala angu-228 okukhwabanisa, okwaholela ekulahlekelweni yizigidi ezingu-R3.663.

UBaynes wagwetshwa iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili ejele, okuyiminyaka emibili yayo emisiwe isikhathi seminyaka emihlanu. Lokhu kumiswa kuncike ekutheni angalahlwa yicala lokukhwabanisa noma ukweba okwenziwe ngesikhathi sokumiswa. I-Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation yamukele isigwebo, yathi ubulungiswa benziwe.