Referred to as: Major General Solly Lazarus · Solly Lazarus · Major General · CFO of Crime Intelligence
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Major General Solly Lazarus, CFO of Crime Intelligence, was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for misappropriation and use of the slush funds.
“charging the CFO of Crime Intelligence, Major General Solly Lazarus, who was found guilty, Chair, and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment.”
Major General Solly Lazarus was the CFO of Crime Intelligence, not the CFO of SAPS.
“He was the CFO of Crime Intelligence, Commissioner Baloyi.”
Lazarus was convicted for fraud and corruption related to use of slush funds, starting with allegations concerning the latter.
“It was about the slush funds, it was fraud and corruption ... he was convicted ...”
In past cases involving allegations of malfeasance, fraud, and corruption implicating SAPS top brass, convictions were secured, including a prosecution involving Major General Solly Lazarus, CFO of Crime Intelligence, where the prosecutor was involved.
““26. The point to all of this is that there is nothing new with sound allegations of malfeasance, fraud, and corruption, implicating the top brass in the SAPS. Not only has it happened in the past, when some of those cases were presented to the Courts, we secured convictions. ... we also had another matter where the CFO of Crime Intelligence, Major General Solly Lazarus, had been charged and prosecuted. I was one of the prosecutors on that matter, but halfway through, I was gone to a different office, but he was also convicted.”
Major General Solly Lazarus, Chief Financial Officer of the Secret Service account of CI, had already been suspended and charged criminally for fraud and corruption.
“Major General Solly Lazarus, the Chief Financial Officer of the Secret Service account of CI had already been suspended and charged criminally for fraud and corruption”