Bookkeeper in dock for alleged hand in partnership fraud

It is further revealed that between July 2000 and August 2006, Rhodes and Botha allegedly:

• Paid for personal expenditure of more than R200 000 with the income from the companies;
• Set off debtors and creditors against each other;
• Transferred R284 138 from Matton’s bank account onto Rhodes’s personal credit card; ý Stole R11 150 petty cash; and ý Made several other purchases for R222 414 that could not be matched to sales invoices.

The state also alleges that before the firms’ split was finalised, Rhodes had started a new business with R13 308 from Alphatech.