TERs fraud accused on the run since 2022 arrested near Botswana border

A man accused of receiving money from people who allegedly defrauded the Covid-19 Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (TERs) appeared in the Mmabatho magistrate’s court on Friday to face fraud charges. Tokelo Winston Frederick Modiboa, 59, who had been on the run since November 2022, was arrested by border management authority members on Thursday at the Ramatlabama border post with Botswana. “The accused joins 20 other accused implicated in the Covid-19 TERs fraudulent claims, which occurred between 2020 and 2021,” Hawks spokesperson Col Tinyiko Mathebula said. After the…