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Radio station man on R12m fraud charges
June 20, 2008

Cape Town - A former financial controller at Heart 104.9 Radio in Cape Town appeared in the Bellville specialised commercial crime court yesterday, on charges of theft and fraud.

Mario Roos earlier fled the country after allegedly embezzling millions of rands from the radio station.

He appeared before magistrate Amrith Chabilall, who postponed the matter to today.

Roos is expected to plead to two charges of theft involving R63 684, and fraud charges involving R12 472 929.

According to the charge sheet, prior to his employment at Heart Radio, he was engaged in a similar financial capacity with the Foschini Group in 2003, where he is alleged to have embezzled R63 684.

The charge sheet alleges that he embezzled R12 472 929 while working as the financial controller at the radio station, between October and March.


While working as the financial controller at the Foschini Group, Roos had access to the safe, where a safety drawer containing cash for the payment of casual workers was kept.

However, a supervisor had to authorise his access to the safety drawer.

The charge sheet alleges he obtained keys to the safe from the supervisor under the false pretence that he and the financial official, Marwaan Allie, needed access to the cash for business purposes. Allie was not aware of this.

On the Heart Radio charges, Roos was entrusted with access to all the funds of the company, via the internet, with a unique pin number.

     
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