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Cape Town - A former hotel manager who allegedly defrauded a hotel of more than R3m over two years, appeared in the Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court on Wednesday.
Rynhardt de Jager, 31, appeared on 158 counts of fraud and one of money-laundering.
He was not asked to plead and his case was postponed to June 29.
According to the charge sheet, he was engaged first as the financial manager and then as the manager at The Bay Hotel in Camps Bay.
His duties included the financial management of the hotel, the approval of expenditure and payments to creditors, the preparation of the hotel's financial statements and the payment of the hotel's daily expenses.
As the manager, De Jager had access to the hotel's electronic payment system, the hotel's bank details and details of the hotel's creditors and suppliers.
It is alleged that he manipulated the system to steal R3 510 18 between January 2009 and October 2010.
Rynhardt de Jager, 31, appeared on 158 counts of fraud and one of money-laundering.
He was not asked to plead and his case was postponed to June 29.
According to the charge sheet, he was engaged first as the financial manager and then as the manager at The Bay Hotel in Camps Bay.
His duties included the financial management of the hotel, the approval of expenditure and payments to creditors, the preparation of the hotel's financial statements and the payment of the hotel's daily expenses.
As the manager, De Jager had access to the hotel's electronic payment system, the hotel's bank details and details of the hotel's creditors and suppliers.
It is alleged that he manipulated the system to steal R3 510 18 between January 2009 and October 2010.
