'Families were destroyed': Victims conned out of R18m by convicted fraudster want their money back

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'Families were destroyed': Victims conned out of R18m by convicted fraudster want their money back

Swereen Govender has been sentenced to an effective 15 years after she swindled people out of more than R18 million.

This week, Govender was sentenced to 40 years in jail after she pleaded guilty to 15 counts of fraud on 16 March.

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