Port Elizabeth businessman Arthur Webb was back in the city's commercial crimes court on Friday for sentencing proceedings.
He previously pleaded guilty to being in concert with former SARS employee, Petrus Meyer, to defraud the SA revenue service of more than R6 million rand between June 2007 and June 2012
AlgoaFM reporter Raahil Sain reports.
During sentencing proceedings on Friday, State Prosecutor Tjaart Van Zyl argued that after an auditor visited Webb, he tried to cover up his tracks by falsifying evidence.
Van Zyl outlined that he also spent some of the money on purchasing a Mercedes Benz, a bakkie, flying lessons and a honeymoon trip.
Van Zyl said the case involving over R6 million in fraud was the biggest the SA revenue service had seen in the Eastern Cape.
He argued that Webb was prepared to smooth over a corrupt relationship in order to get money into his own pocket.
The state is calling for direct imprisonment for atleast 15 years.
Meanwhile, Defence Advocate, Charl Van Rooyen argued that Webb did not embark on the offences based on greed.
Van Rooyen said that Meyer was infact the instigator or mastermind behind the crime and that the fraud happened because of his direct involvement .
The defence asked the court to impose a sentence of 12 years correctional supervision.
Sentence will be handed down on Tuesday the 31st of March.
