Ex‑bookkeeper gets 10 years behind bars for R4.7m theft in Eastern Cape

According to the Hawks, between 2008 and 2015, Van der Merwe devised and executed a sophisticated scheme in which she unlawfully transferred company funds from Blom Vervoer’s bank accounts into her personal bank account.

The woman devised and executed a sophisticated scheme in which company funds were unlawfully transferred to her account.

Scheme As part of the scheme, she deliberately misrepresented to clients that the company’s banking facilities were experiencing operational difficulties and instructed them to deposit payments directly into her personal bank account.