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Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) head Knorx Mollele made headlines when he launched a series of cases aimed at freezing billions of rand in state capture loot, but, the State now says, this litigation was totally unnecessary and cost taxpayers millions.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) contended Mollele should potentially be fired over this alleged "gross misconduct and/or negligence" in asset preservation cases involving the Estina dairy project scam and the R1.2 billion in consultancy fees Eskom unlawfully paid Gupta-linked McKinsey.
In a disciplinary inquiry charge sheet served on him in August, the State claimed the career prosecutor allowed the AFU to persist in its failed efforts to seize R255 million in Gupta family assets allegedly linked to the Estina scam beyond July 2018 "despite having knowledge that the matter was without merit".
