12 years imprisonment for VAT fraudster
A Cape Town man will serve 12 years effective imprisonment for large-scale Value Added Tax (VAT) fraud worth R15 million, said the South African Revenue Service (SARS). Johannes Tobias Wessels from Kraaifontein was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for fraud in the Wynberg Magistrate Court on Monday. “Wessels fabricated invoices from five of his businesses …