Woman who stolre R500 million on her way to jail

GAUTENG – Hildegard Steenkamp was sentenced to 50 years imprisonment after stealing over R500 million from her employer.

Steenkamp was found guilty of stealing R537 million from her former employer, Medtronic, for over 13 years. Steenkamp siphoned money from her former employer by duplicating payments to real clients and service providers & paying them into her deceased husband’s account.

She allegedly spent over R65m at a casino over a five-year period, and took R30m in foreign vacations, including frequent trips to Dubai.