A courier company’s international manager, who “saw an opportunity” to scam his employer, was sentenced to three year’s house arrest on Wednesday on fraud charges.

Shaun van der Lingen, 31, appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Bellville before magistrate Sabrina Sonnenberg and pleaded guilty to 12 counts of fraud.

The proceedings took the form of a plea bargain, negotiated by defence attorney Liesl Vermaak and State prosecutor advocate Juan Agulhas.

According to the plea bargain document, Van der Lingen was an international manager with the company Globe Flight Worldwide Express.

The document says he “saw an opportunity” to exploit Globe Flight for his own benefit, and over a period of nine months defrauded the company to the extent of R315 187.

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