WOMAN SENTENCED FOR MEDICAL AID FRAUD

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By: Staff Reporter

Mamello Kate Khabo 48 was, on 27 February (Thursday), found guilty of medical aid fraud and sentenced by the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court.

The accused defrauded Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) over R400 000 in medical aid claims.

In August 2022, the accused admitted her daughter to Busamed private hospital in Bloemfontein.

The patient was later transferred to Medi Clinic where she sadly  passed away.

When it was time to register her daughter's death and be issued a certificate, she was left with no choice but to confess that she had admitted her deceased daughter under the name of her surviving daughter, who is a beneficiary of GEMS.

Hawks detectives collected evidence of the fraud, enough to convince the court to issue a warrant of arrest against her.

On 12 November 2024, she was arrested. Khabo was sentenced to four years imprisonment wholly suspended for five years on condition that she is not convicted of a similar offense during the period of suspension.