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Gerrit Crowther was sentenced by the East-London Regional Court for impersonating an Eskom and Buffalo City employee claiming to install devices that would reduce electricity consumption.Provincial Hawks spokesperson Anelisa Ngcakani says Crowther never installed the devices.

“He marketed and sold his services to businesses in the Buffalo City area for an amount ranging from R3000 to R6000. However, in reality, Crowther did not install the devices but rather tampered with electricity meters. The municipality lost approximately R180 million as a result of this crime. The Buffalo City reported the case to the Hawks as it noticed that the electricity bills of various businesses had dropped,” says Ngcakani.

Buffalo City Metro Spokeperson Samkelo Ngwenya welcomed the sentence, “We are hoping that this lengthy jail sentence is going to send a very strong signal to anyone who is still involved with this type of business out there that their days are numbered. We, as the city, have been engaging in a series of discussions with both the business community, as well as our people not to fall into this trap of people who come under the false pretense that they can reduce their electricity consumption.

 

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That's harsh, considering that we, tax payers are carrying the burden!!! Let's concentrate on hard core criminals and rapists!!!

Some get 5 years in prison for killing a whole human being. Satafrica

Useless Cosatu never dare touch our pensions with their ANC Criminals,workers get ready for a War Sleep you will eat Dust for your entire life because trust ANC more than themselves I will approach court

It's a start.

Arrest the billionaire who accepted 500k aswell

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