Court hears Gagash, wife wiped out estates of five families
Gagash and his wife are now facing 35 charges of fraud, money laundering and corruption.
A Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department officer and his spouse are accused of siphoning funds from the deceased estates of five families, according to the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo. The accused, Peter "Gagash" Nonyane and Charlotte Tibana, a lawyer, face 35 charges of fraud, money laundering, and corruption. Colonel Daniel Makuwa, an investigating officer, told the court that the families of the late Lawrence Kove, Masha, Mathabatha, Maswanganyi, and Kove are furious over the alleged theft of over R4 million.
The court heard that the surviving estate accounts now hold only R5,000 following the accused's alleged actions. The bail hearing for Gagash and Tibana is ongoing.
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