A Kwekwe General Hospital nurse, Renica Chakabvapasi, and her boyfriend, Godwin Mugwangi, have been arrested on allegations of defrauding Old Mutual Assurance Company of several thousands of dollars through a funeral policy scam.
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Johannesburg - Public broadcaster the SABC has fired 123 employees following its investigation into allegations of medical aid fraud. Last year, the SABC said about 200 of its staff had allegedly "colluded" with medical practitioners to defraud the broadcaster's medical aid scheme which is run by Medscheme.
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Cape Town - Supermarket bosses believe they have exposed a fake doctor's note scam after several of their staff took sick leave and produced dodgy letters. Shoprite in Khayelitsha has now called on the police to investigate the "doctor" who writes out medical certificates "at a price". In the past six months, 10 of their staff members have been booked off numerous times by the same doctor, all with the same types of illnesses.
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An alleged bogus doctor who has examined, prescribed medicine to and treated thousands of patients for years has been nabbed following an undercover investigation by The Citizen. Mogaswa James Mathopa, 47, has allegedly never studied medicine, but practised as a doctor for more than a decade.
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