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Four former Eastern Cape municipal officials and 11 business people have been arrested for fraud, corruption and money laundering.
They were arrested by the Hawks over the weekend on charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering.
Spokesperson, captain Paul Ramaloko, says their anti-corruption task team embarked on a weekend-long sting operation in the Eastern Cape and Pretoria, to make the arrests.
He said "the fraud, linked to tenders, corruption and money laundering amounted to around R2.8 million."
"The former municipal officials have been accused of colluding with service providers during their term of office by paying them for services not rendered between November 2011 and June 2012," said Ramaloko.
