# The Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court sentenced Mamello Kate Khabo to four years imprisonment for medical aid fraud. She defrauded the Government Employees Medical Scheme of over 400-thousand-rand by admitting her sick daughter to hospital under the name of her surviving child who is covered by the scheme. The sick daughter later died in hospital and Khabo confessed to the crime when she wanted a death certificate for her daughter. She was arrested in November 2024. The sentence was wholly suspended for five years, provided she does not commit a similar offence.
Woman sentenced for medical aid fraud in Free State