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NPA: Edwin Sodi allegedly tried to bribe officials while in custody
Sodi and his co-defendants on Friday were charged with corruption, money laundering and theft in the 255 million rand asbestos contract.
Edwin Sodi is the director of Blackhead Consulting, the company at the center of the asbestos scandal, appeared in Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on October 2, 2020, along with six other people. The seven defendants, who face around 60 counts, are alleged to have fraudulently obtained a 255 million rand contract to audit and remove asbestos roofs in the Free State. Image: Xanderleigh Dookey / EWN
BLOEMFONTEIN – The National Tax Authority (NPA) has confirmed that Blackhead Consulting director Edwin Sodi was one of seven defendants in the asbestos case who had attempted to bribe officials and purchase mobile phones while in custody.
Sodi and his co-defendants on Friday were charged with corruption, money laundering and theft in the 255 million rand asbestos contract.
They were all released on bail in Bloemfontein Magistrates Court.
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Free State Housing HOD Nthimotse Mokhesi, Ousted Mayor of Mangaung (former MEC) MOlly Mlamleli, former Director General of Human Settlements Thabane Zulu, Blackhead Director Edwin Sodi among 7 suspects who appeared in court @nthakoana pic.twitter.com/LriIQsXAYi– EWN reporter (@ewnreporter) October 2, 2020
NPA spokesman Sipho Ngwema revealed on Friday that steps had been taken to bribe officials.
“It is said that they entered the cells with money and started buying cell phones. The law enforcement agencies are investigating the bribery and we may have to press further charges against one of the accused suspects who are appearing here today, ”Ngwema said.
Ngwema later said that the person in question was arrested in Rosebank, Johannesburg. And that’s Sodi.
Sodi also had the longest list of property and vehicles that the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) pursues.
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