#PODCAST Road Accident Fund welcome the sentencing of 3 family members for attempting to steal millions from the fund #sabcnews

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has welcomed the sentencing of three family members for attempting to steal about R31-million from the fund. The trio were sentenced last week at the Johannesburg Magistrates Court for submitting 537 fraudulent claims from 40 road accidents. Tanya Senekal and her husband Jaco Senekal were sentenced to eight years' imprisonment each, of which two years were suspended for five years on condition they were not convicted of fraud committed during the period of suspension. Tanya's mother, Magdil Groenewald, was sentenced to a five-year jail term. The trio's fraudulent scheme included recruiting individuals to lie about being injured during a road accident and claiming injury benefits for road accidents that had no victims. RAF spokesperson, McIntosh Polela says such fraudulent claims have had dire financial and resource implications on the RAF...