He was a leading figure in converting the claims into a real bonanza.
A medical doctor who was sentenced for defrauding a medical aid scheme and who has failed to comply with a court order to pay back the money is now in jail again.
The Hawks placed Dr Levy Makgatho on their list of wanted men after Makgatho ignored a court order instructing him to repay the money he defrauded the Bonitas medical aid company.
The money that the 39-year-old Dr Makgatho was ordered to pay is R185 000 but since the 2017 order Makgatho has been nowhere to be seen.
A manhunt was then launched this week and soon afterwards the cops arrested Makgatho after vigilant community members recognised his face from the media.
Hawks spokesman Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said Makgatho was arrested while at the Silver Lakes shopping mall in Tshwane on Tuesday afternoon.
He said this occurred after his photo was circulated through the media.
Makgatho’s story began in June 2012 when the Hawks arrested and charged him with fraud.
He was accused of opening a surgery, employing unqualified foreign nationals and submitting a string of medical aid claims to Bonitas. The cops heard about his underworld dealing and arrested him.
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When the Ga-Rankuwa Magistrates Court found him guilty of fraud on 18 October 2017, it ordered him to pay Bonitas an amount of R185 000 or spend 5 years in jail.
The court had ordered that Makgatho pays back the money by way monthly instalments of R7 000 starting from January 2018 but Makgatho failed to comply with the order.
He appeared briefly at the Ga-Rankuwa Magistrate Court Tuesday this week and he remains in jail.
His matter was postponed to 12 June 2019.
(edited by ZK)
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