A municipal official has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for defrauding the Free State's Nala municipality, the Hawks said.
"The official stood trial for signing off a fraudulent cheque of R665,293 to his company, Mekgwe Transport, in 2010," spokesman Captain Paul Ramaloko said.
David Mekgwe, 30, was sentenced by the Welkom Regional Court on Thursday.
Official convicted of fraud
A municipal official has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for defrauding the Free State's Nala municipality, the Hawks said.
"The official stood trial for signing off a fraudulent cheque of R665,293 to his company, Mekgwe Transport, in 2010," spokesman Captain Paul Ramaloko said.
David Mekgwe, 30, was sentenced by the Welkom Regional Court on Thursday.