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Brakpan man back in court for money laundering and illicit gold case
The accused faces illegal mining related charges amounting to billions.
A 47-year-old Brakpan man appeared in the Brakpan Magistrate’s Court on November 25 facing 1 176 counts of money laundering and contravention of the Precious Metals Act amounting to R2.6b.
It is reported the man was arrested in February 2015 by the Serious Organised Crime Investigation team based in North West during the execution of operation “Tarantula” where R2.5m worth of unwrought gold was seized.
He briefly appeared in court at the time but the case was withdrawn for further investigation.
In October, the accused was served a summons to appear in the Brakpan Magistrate’s Court on November 25.
The case was postponed to March 17.
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