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Angelo Agrizzi, former chief operating officer of Bosasa.
- An arrest warrant has been issued for Angelo Agrizzi, which will not be executed until the next court appearance.
- He remains in hospital while his three co-defendants appeared in the Pretoria Commercial Crimes Court on fraud and corruption charges Thursday.
- The case was postponed until February 18 to give the defense more time to study the file.
Angelo Agrizzi, who did not appear alongside his three co-defendants at the Pretoria Commercial Crimes Court on fraud and corruption charges on Thursday, an arrest warrant was issued, which will not be executed until the next scheduled court appearance. .
Sindisiwe Twala, a spokesman for the Investigations Directorate of the National Tax Authority, said Agrizzi’s lawyer said his client was still in hospital.
Agrizzi suffered a heart attack in the hospital on October 21. When his condition worsened, he was transferred to a private facility.
The heart attack occurred a week after the Palm Ridge Magistrates Court Commercial Crimes Court denied Agrizzi bail in a matter where he faced corruption charges for allegedly making payments to former ANC deputy Vincent. Smith.
This decision was later reversed and he was released on bail at the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.
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Thursday’s appearance stems from a decade-old Special Investigation Unit report given to the NPA in 2009, which found that an incorrect and corrupt relationship existed between Bosasa, former Correctional Service CFO Patrick Gillingham, and former Correctional Services Commissioner Linda Mti, News24 previously reported.
In exchange for cash, cars, houses, flights and vacations, among other gifts, Gillingham and Mti allegedly colluded with Bosasa executives to ensure that the company won four lucrative bids from the Department of Correctional Services between 2004 and 2007 valued at more than 1.8 billion rand.
The two, along with former Bosasa CFO Andries Van Tonder, appeared in the dock where the case was postponed until February 18 to give the defense more time to study the file.
All the defendants are out on bail.
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