WESTERN CAPE – Mogamat Ganief Mallick (35) and Wayne Carl Meyer (44) appeared at the Vredenburg Regional Court on charges of operating and being part of a syndicate issuing fraudulent roadworthy certificates.
The fraudulent certificates were issued over a period between 2018 and 2019, targeting the Jeffrey’s Bay roadworthy Vehicle Testing station near Port Elizabeth. The Hawks Serious Corruption Investigation team acted on information about the syndicate issuing roadworthy certificate for vehicles that were never at the testing station and were not physically examined in exchange for gratification.
The duo was arrested in October 2019, consequently they entered into a plea sentence agreement and were both found guilty by the same court on Tuesday, 01 December 2020.
They were each sentenced to a fine of five thousand rand (R5000-00) with an alternative five (5) years direct imprisonment which was suspended for five years on condition that they will not be convicted on charges of corruption during the period of the suspended sentence.
The duo were not alone, they formed part of the syndicate and investigation is still ongoing for the other role players.