The Agency responded proactively to fraud and corruption by implementing the Integrity Model. The integrity model introduced a paradigm shift, from focusing on detection and investigations to validation of the eligibility of beneficiaries for social grants including life verification and to confirm the existence of the beneficiaries. A total of 132 603 beneficiaries were verified for eligibility and existence, with a total of 7 133 found to be fraudulent. The Agency, through the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) continued with investigating and prosecuting persons found to have defrauded the system. A total of 2 828 persons were brought before the courts in the year under review bringing the total convictions to 17 477 since the inception of the project in June 2005. In addition, 6 368 people signed acknowledgement of debts (AODs) valued at R56.7 million in repayment of fraudulent grants.