MANAGER SAVES SNPF FROM E29 661 FRAUD

MBABANE - The Swaziland National Provident Fund (SNPF) would have lost E29 661.31 had it not been for the vigilance of a senior manager of the company.

The money was almost paid to Timothy Mfanasibili Maziya, after he filed a fraudulent claimed to the company. According to the evidence of Micah Nkabinde, the Manager Operations of the company, Maziya filed the fraudulent claim with intent to get his disability grant. Nkabinde submitted that through proper scrutiny, it appeared that a medical report confirming Maziya’s disability was not authentic.  Nkabinde informed the court that the company established during the investigations that Dr Ernest Austin never worked in any of the government hospitals in the country. Austin was the doctor who confirmed Maziya’s disability in the report which was filed as part of evidence.

Uncertainties

He said the uncertainties in the doctor’s report resulted in the company reporting the matter to the police for further investigations. Appearing for his trial at the Mbabane Magistrates Court, Maziya pleaded guilty to the charge. He informed the court that he was tempted to defraud the company after he overheard his friends discussing about the claims. According to Maziya, his friends were successful through the fraudulent means. “One of my colleagues informed me about short-cuts to claim the disability grant. He then connected me to a certain Mavuso, who has a connection with a doctor who processes the medical reports. “He told me that the doctor charges E1 500 for the medical report,” he said.

He told the court that he obtained the medical report from Mavuso after three months. He informed the court that he only paid E800 for the fraudulent report. Maziya said as he made a follow-up at SNPF, a female employee pleaded with him to be patient as the claim was still being processed. On one fateful day, he said the female employee gave him her superior’s cellphone number. He said a few days later, he received a call and the caller informed him that the doctor who confirmed his chronic illness was nowhere to be found at the Mbabane Government Hospital. Maziya said he was then invited by a police officer to the Mbabane Police Station.

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