The couple applied for funding for Islamic studies for underprivileged youth.
A couple is expected to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court for allegedly pocketing over R170,000 from a non-profit organisation.
The suspects, aged 41 and 48, were arrested on Tuesday by members of the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (known as Hawks).
The Western Cape spokesperson for the Hawks, Lieutenant Colonel Siyabulela Vukubi, said the suspects were arrested on charges of fraud after warrants of arrest were executed.
“The Crimes Against the State (CATS) and National Priority Violent Crime (NPVC) teams of the Hawks, in conjunction with Lentegeur Visible Policing members, arrested the suspects on charges of fraud,” Vukubi said.
