Mbombela (Nelspruit) – Five more licensing officials from Mpumalanga have been arrested in connection with the R60 million motor vehicle “license fee dumping” corruption scandal in the province.
The suspects will appear in court Wednesday on allegations of colluding with other employees of Mpumalanga community safety, security, and liaison at Natis Helpdesk to fraudulently issue vehicle license discs.
They allegedly unlawfully and intentionally printed license discs on the official face-value documents that showed the R0.00 amount as paid.
The arrest of the five on Tuesday brings to 14 the number of officials arrested in connection with this illicit practice.
Six administrators were arrested in July and released on R15 000 bail each.
Some of the officials work as clerks in different registering authorities in the province.
They are alleged to have colluded with corrupt administrators, who worked at the help desk of the Department of Community Safety and Liaison, to conduct illicit transactions that cost the state a loss of R60 million in unpaid license fees and penalties.
