Federal authorities say a former Afghan interpreter for the U.S. military has admitted he falsified records to obtain a visa and come to Rochester.
With his plea and conviction, Dilbar Gul Dilbar faces possible deportation, according to a plea agreement filed this week in U.S. District Court. The fate of his wife and five children was not immediately clear.
Court records show the Afghan national admitted to paying someone to submit what he knew was a false approval letter from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul as part of his application for a Special Immigrant Visa.
A limited number of Afghan SIVs were reserved for interpreters who assisted the U.S. military and government officials for at least two years. Authorities have confirmed Dilbar worked for the armed forces during the war in Afghanistan, but intermittently. In the plea, he admitted that he attested to the accuracy of his SIV…
THE ISUZU MOTORS PAYROLL FRAUD (GQEBERHA, SA)
Date: February 16, 2026 Perpetrator: Natasja Slabbert (42)
Case Description: In a case that hit home for the Eastern Cape business community, Natasja Slabbert, a payroll administrator at Isuzu Motors South Africa’s Struandale plant, was arrested for an alleged R10.5 million fraud. The scheme, which began surfacing in late 2024, exploited the very systems designed to manage employee compensation. Slabbert allegedly manipulated payroll records to create false entries that appeared as legitimate deductions and contributions on employee payslips. In reality, these “deductions” were being diverted into her personal bank account.
The fraud was only uncovered after diligent employees noticed that their net “take-home” pay was significantly lower than expected, despite the gross amounts on their payslips remaining high. Following a thorough probe by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team and the NPA’s Specialised Commercial Crime Unit, it was discovered that in August 2024 alone, over R626,000 was unlawfully transferred. Slabbert was granted bail of R5,000 on February 17, 2026, and the case has been postponed to later in the month for further legal proceedings. This case highlights the critical need for “segregation of duties” in payroll departments, as a single point of failure allowed for the systematic siphoning of millions over nearly two years.
Link to Original: PE Express – Isuzu Payroll Fraud