Nafiz Modack bail conditions include Sars order

CAPE TOWN - Notorious Cape Town gang leader Nafiz Modack, his mother Ruwaida and his younger brother Yaseen, along with several others, have been instructed to notify Sars immediately upon submission of any tax return or of any document that relates to a tax act.

The Modacks, along with former Sars employee Faried van der Schyff, Bashier Syce, Nadia Sait, Dominique McLachlan and Kulsum van der Schyff, appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday on charges of racketeering, fraud, money laundering, forgery and uttering and contraventions of the VAT Act.

Most of the accused were arrested on Wednesday while Nafiz Modack was arrested at the Bluedowns Regional Court where he is applying for bail on various charges including the murder of Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) detective Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear.

Ruwaida and Yaseen Modack were released on bail of R50 000 each while Syce was released on R25 000.

Sait’s bail was set at R20 000 and McLachlan and Kulsum van der Schyff had their bail set at R10 000 each.

“They may not submit any false information to Sars when submitting their own tax return or those of any other taxpayer. They shall notify Sars on email: crimes@sars.gov.za immediately upon submission of any tax return or of any document that relates to a tax act that such submission has been made. They must report twice a week, Monday and Friday, at the Bothasig police station between 8am and 8pm,” the National Prosecuting Authority said of their bail conditions.

Prosecutors from the Specialised Tax Unit allege that officials from Sars’s Criminal Investigation Unit were tipped off that a number of corporate entities, which were registered as VAT vendors, were e-filing claims for significant VAT refunds.

The scheme entailed the submission of false information via the e-filing system, initially on VAT returns and subsequently on documents which purported to substantiate the claims.

The bi-monthly VAT201 returns of the entities were filed via e-filing.

Cape Times