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Former Prasa engineer Mtimkulu gets 15 years for fraud

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Bogus Prasa engineer Daniel Mtimkulu has been sentenced to 15 years’ jail time for falsifying his qualifications and submitting a fake job offer from a German firm to get his salary increased. The former head of engineering at the state passenger rail agency claimed to have various degrees, including a doctorate, but in reality has only matric. His deception cost the agency billions in rolling stock that did not meet South African standards of infrastructure.

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