Immigration lawyer's massive fraud and forgery case moved to high court

Smith was arrested in March with his wife, Cornelia, and his employee, Shafieka Salie. The trio is accused of fraud, forgery, racketeering and money-laundering through his legal practice, Craig Smith and Associates, and his immigration consultancy between October 2011 and July 2014.

Smith faces up to 1,125 counts, including bribing home affairs officials to"legalise" his clients by granting them temporary and permanent residence. The alleged fraud included forging bank powers of attorney, medical aid membership certificates, wills, lease agreements and a myriad other documents to support clients' cases for work, business and residence permits.

"Even medical and radiological reports were forged in some instances," the prosecution claimed at Smith's first appearance in the magistrate's court.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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