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The Road Accident Fund (RAF) is disappointed with the R60 000 fine given to an East London man found guilty of submitting a fraudulent RAF claim worth R5 million. The Fund is concerned that the lenient sentence sends the wrong message to would-be fraudsters.
The lengths that criminals go to in their quest to steal money from banks, insurers and other financial institutions is staggering. Nowadays, criminal syndicates use a variety of tools to get the job done including cross-border transactions, document forging, identity theft, insiders and money mules, to name a few.
While South Africa’s anti-organised crime legislation and regulatory framework is widely regarded as being robust, a lack of capacity and resources have thwarted attempts to clamp down on opportunistic criminals.
The South African fraud landscape is becoming increasingly risky as fraudsters and scammers look to target individuals with highly sophisticated scams in an environment where it is becoming increasingly difficult for lawmakers and authorities to bring these criminals to justice.
Do you think short-term insurance broking will survive the AI plus humanoid robotics age?