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September 4, 2024

Gambling Addict Former Finance Manager Hid In Freezer To Evade Arrest For Major Fraud

Over a year since she absconded, Prishne Khan was found hiding out in a freezer in Nigel.

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Prishne Khan didn’t play her cards right when she hopped into her freezer to avoid being arrested by police, having squandered more than R3 million on gambling.

The poor 37-year-old gambling addict and former finance manager was handed a 10-year prison sentence after she was found guilty on 63 counts of fraud.

Khan worked as a bookkeeper at the Northern Cricket Union between June 2015 and January 2017, where instead of paying service providers, she altered invoices to reflect the details of her relatives, misappropriating R350,000 over six weeks, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said via IOL.

NPA spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana says when Khan was questioned about her actions, she resigned and became the finance manager at Customer Loyalty Consultant (PT) Ltd. where she worked for six months and had access to bank accounts.

“During her employment, Khan again manipulated customer banking details to funnel payments into accounts controlled by her husband and cousin. Despite her ability to process payments, she could not execute them immediately due to a token needed, which was the responsibility of another employee,” said Mahanjana.

After leaving the company, another employee then gave her a token, which allowed her to siphon more than R3 million into her account between September 2017 and March 2018.

[source:iol]