As a concerned and proactive GEMS member, Lebo immediately lodged a complaint using the GEMS fraud line. It was at that very moment that the wheels of justice were set into motion. An extensive investigation followed revealing that Lebo's local pharmacy had submitted as many as 114 fraudulent medicine claims amounting to tens of thousands of Rands to GEMS during December 2007 and February 2009.
In 2013 Segopo was sentenced to four years imprisonment, suspended for three years. She was also fined R20 000.
It is because Mrs Montshiwa was not willing to look the other way and because she was willing to give testimony when it was needed, that the Scheme was able to pursue the case against the pharmacy to the end. She is an asset to GEMS!
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