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Lawyer Matric Luphondo.
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Three years after he competed for the position of South African Chief Prosecutor, State Attorney Matric Luphondo was arrested for alleged corruption.
In addition to running for the position of National Director of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Luphondo had also previously been tasked with monitoring the evidence that emerged from the state’s arrest investigation.
His arrest has left his colleagues at the National Tax Authority (NPA) and law enforcement agencies shocked.
In a statement released Tuesday night, the Hawks confirmed three suspects “including a 45-year-old lieutenant colonel of the Hawks in Gauteng, the 51-year-old head of the Human Settlements Department in Mpumalanga, and a senior member. of the NPA, 52 “, would appear in the Court of First Instance of Pretoria” after his arrest for corruption to withdraw a case of fraud and violation of the Immigration Law “.
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“The allegations are that the lieutenant colonel was paid a bonus of R28,000 out of R100,000 to help the case against the defendant be dropped. The matter was then reported to the Serious Corruption Investigation Unit at head office and carried out an operation. “
The Hawks said that “a senior member of [the] NPA in Mpumalanga “- who News24 has confirmed to be Luphondo – also” approached the whistleblower with a similar request that the case against the defendant be dropped. ”
“The NPA official offered and delivered a R5,000 bonus and a bottle of 18-year-old Glenfiddich Scotch whiskey.”
This is a developing story
