Rhodes University finance administrator found guilty of fraud
The Gqeberha Commercial Crime Court convicted Wendy Zimasa Xabadiya (32) for numerous counts of forgery, fraud, money laundering and contravention of the Prevention of Organized Crime Act on Thursday. During the period of 01 January 2017 and 01 December 2018, Xabadiya employed as a finance administrator at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, processed fraudulent travel and subsistence claims.
Thereafter funds were deposited unlawfully into fraudulent beneficiaries’ accounts for her personal enrichment.
The University on discovering the abnormality referred the matter to Gqeberha based Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team for probing which led to her arrest on 03 December 2021. She made a short court appearance on the same day and was released on a warning. The investigations revealed that the university was prejudiced by cash to the value of more than R480 00.00. The conviction comes after a series of court appearances. The matter was recalled to 20 June 2022 for sentencing.
