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During his testimony before the commission, former Bosasa auditor Peet Venter revealed that Agrizzi threatened to expose his role in the writing up of fraudulent invoices if he did not side with him against Gavin Watson.

tried to strongarm the firm’s then auditor to join a group of whistle-blowers hoping to take down Bosasa chief executive Gavin Watson, the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture heard on Tuesday.

According to Venter, in November 2017 he was called to a meeting at Agrizzi’s home in Fourways. The meeting was also attended by Bosasa’s former chief financial officer At the meeting, Agrizzi asked Venter to join a group of over 20 Bosasa whistle-blowers by writing an affidavit implicating Watson. Earlier in his testimony, Venter revealed that he had helped cover up payments from Bosasa to consulting firm Tax Risk Management Services through a front company. The front company, Miotto Trading and Advisory Holdings, would pay TRM and invoice Bosasa for the money at an inflated price, Venter said.

But at the November 2017 meeting Agrizzi used this information to threaten him, Venter said. “He [Agrizzi] actually threw that in front of me and said you don’t have a choice: You either go down with Watson or you do this,” he told the commission.

 

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