Kgaogelo Bopape

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Six years in jail for State Security Agency official who nicked R170k (TimesLIVE)

Former SSA finance clerk Kgaogelo Bopape, convicted of stealing R170,000, was on Monday sentenced to six years' direct imprisonment.

In April 2020, Bopape withdrew R500,000 under the pretence that she would make the funds available to members of the SSA for work. However, she kept the funds in a locked safe in her office and later took R170,000 which she used for her own benefit. She was working in the domestic currency division, where some of her responsibilities involved making funds available to members of the agency for operations.

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Former official who stole R170 000 from State Security Agency given ... (News24)

On Monday, Magistrate Ignatius du Preez sentenced Kgaogelo Bopape, 53, in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court. Bopape was employed in the domestic ...

We want to hear your views on the news. Upon interrogation, she eventually admitted to stealing R170 000. She had withdrawn R500 000 under false pretences and claimed the funds would be made available to the members of the SSA operations, but stole R170 000 of it.

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Former SSA clerk sentenced to six years for stealing R170 000 (Citizen)

The 53-year-old pleaded guilty to a charge of theft in the amount of R170 000. Former State Security Agency (SSA) finance clerk, Kgaogelo Bopape, has been ...

The matter was then reported to the police and she was arrested on 26 January 2021. The 53-year-old was responsible for making funds available to members of the SSA for their operations – pleaded guilty to a charge of theft in the amount of R170 000. Bopape on Monday appeared at the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court after she was convicted in February of theft.

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Former SSA clerk sentenced to six-years for theft of R170,000 (eNCA)

On 7 April 2020, Kgaogelo Bopape withdrew R500 000 under the false pretense that she would make the funds available to the members of the SSA operations.

A convicted former state security finance clerk Kgaogelo Bopape who was working within the Domestic currency division has been sentenced to 6 years imprisonment for the theft of R170,000. She only paid back R10 000 and then stopped paying. Heidi Giokos has more.

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Former State Security Finance Clerk Kgaogelo Bopape Sentenced ... (Briefly)

Former State Security Agency finance clerk Kgaogelo Bopape was sentenced to six years' imprisonment after she stole R170 000 from the agency on 7 April ...

Tyali states that the NPA intends to oppose Mani's appeal. PRETORIA - The long arm of the law has caught up with former State Security Agency (SSA) employee, Kgaogelo Bopape, who was sentenced to six years' imprisonment for stealing R170 000 from the group. - The former finance clerk used R170 000 and kept the rest of the money in a safe in her house before she was caught

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Six years in jail for State Security Agency official who nicked R170k (SowetanLIVE)

Former SSA finance clerk Kgaogelo Bopape, convicted of stealing R170,000, was on Monday sentenced to six years' direct imprisonment.

In April 2020, Bopape withdrew R500,000 under the pretence that she would make the funds available to members of the SSA for work. However, she kept the funds in a locked safe in her office and later took R170,000 which she used for her own benefit. She was working in the domestic currency division, where some of her responsibilities involved making funds available to members of the agency for operations.

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State Security Agency official sentenced to six years in jail for stealing (Independent Online)

On April 7, 2020, Kgaogelo Bopape withdrew R500 000 under the false pretence that she would make the funds available to the members of the SSA operations, ...

“On April 7, 2020, Bopape withdrew R500 000 under the false pretence that she would make the funds available to the members of the SSA operations. “The NPA welcomes the sentence handed down by the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court of six years direct imprisonment to Kgaogelo Bopape, a former State Security Agency employee for theft of R170 000,” said. Pretoria - The Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court has sentenced former State Security Agency (SSA) finance clerk Kgaogelo Bopape, 53, to six years direct imprisonment for theft of R170 000.

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Hefty sentence for former SSA clerk who stole R170k (Jacaranda FM)

Former finance clerk at the State Security Agency Kgaogelo Bopape has been sentenced to six years in prison for the theft of R170 000 in April 2020.

She then kept the cash in a safe in her office and later took R170 000. She later confessed to stealing the money and was arrested in January 2021. Her manager subsequently noticed that half-a-million rand was missing from the safe and investigated the matter.

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