A 45-year-old great-granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi has been accused of defrauding two businessmen
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Johannesburg: A 45-year-old great-granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi has been accused of defrauding two businessmen of more than $8,30,000 in South Africa. Ashish Lata Ramgobin appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on charges of theft, fraud and forgery.
Self-employed Ramgobin is alleged to have defrauded two local businessmen of over $ 8,31,380 by claiming that she had secured a tender to import bedding from India for the private hospital group Netcare.
Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi of the elite fraud investigation unit known as the Hawks sais, Ramgobin allegedly provided forged invoices and documents to convince the investors that three containers of linen were shipped in from India. A businessman named as S.R. Maharaj is said to have provided a huge amount of money with a promise of a share of large profits after Ramgobin requested this from him, to clear import and customs duties for the non-existent consignment.
( Source : PTI )
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