Namibia: Key Figure in SSC Fraud Case Denies Guilt

14 September 2007

Windhoek — FORMER Social Security Commission employee Maxwell Spanneberg yesterday pleaded not guilty to a charge of fraud connected to claims that he used his position to have scores of fictional claims paid out for his own benefit.

Just over N$432 000 is alleged to have been paid out by the SSC between April 21 2005 and September 8 2006 as a result of fictional sick-leave claims that Spanneberg had processed and approved while he was employed at the parastatal, it is said in the indictment to which Spanneberg pleaded yesterday.

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