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Stellenbosch law firm employee jailed for R13m fraud
Cape Argus
|March 09, 2026
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A FORMER accounts secretary who defrauded a Stellenbosch law firm of more than R13 million has been sentenced to an effective seven years' direct imprisonment by the Bellville Commercial Crimes Court.
Alwena Smith, 53, entered into a plea and sentencing agreement with the State and was convicted on 171 counts of fraud, 171 counts of interference with data, and four counts of money laundering.
The court sentenced Smith to 12 years' direct imprisonment for the fraud counts, together with five years suspended for five years on condition that she is not convicted of fraud, theft or corruption during the period of suspension.
She was further sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment for the interference with data charges, suspended for five years, on condition.
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हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।
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