The Western Cape High Court has granted Nafiz Modack and Faried van der Schyff access to Kindles to prepare for their trial involving 700 charges, including VAT fraud and forgery, amid significant security considerations.
This week, the Western Cape High Court granted controversial businessman and alleged underworld kingpin, Nafiz Modack, and one of his nine co-accused, Faried van der Schyff, access to Kindles for the purpose of preparing for, and for the duration of, their trial.
This is so that they can have access to the voluminous documents about their case, in which they face some 700 charges, including VAT fraud, forgery, and uttering.
‘Kindles’, as they are commonly known, are hand-held electronic devices that can be used for reading material which is loaded onto them, or which may be accessed by them, via the internet.
It is alleged in the indictment that between 2011 and 2015, the accused participated in a criminal enterprise under the control of Modack, which set about fraudulently claiming VAT refunds from the SA Revenue Service (SARS) via 24 corporate entities and trusts, resulting in a R46 million-plus loss to the fiscus.
