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Document fraud is a rapidly growing issue in South Africa, affecting both businesses and consumers in profound ways. From falsified IDs to counterfeit bank…
Inside a digital scam that cost a billionaire $400m
Cloned websites, fake firms and offshore accounts: how a digital syndicate allegedly stripped $400m in shares from a billionaire investor…
Swindled: why no-one ever sees con artists coming
How did Mark Kretzschmar allegedly swindle more than R30m from ‘clients’, despite not being licensed to give advice or take money?…
Inside the PwC report: what really brought Steinhoff to its knees
Steinhoff hid the 7,000-page report into its dirty dealings for seven years. That report carefully details the retailer’s fall from grace…
After the fall: Jooste’s stiff upper lip
Markus Jooste was calculating and methodical as Steinhoff collapsed around him. He didn’t count on being ratted out.…
‘Can you send me a quick €500,000?’
Remuneration rules went out the window at Steinhoff, where Markus Jooste was amply rewarded for his fraud…
Steinhoff loses (another) battle for secrecy
The Supreme Court of Appeal has found in favour of two media outlets, ruling that Steinhoff must hand over its report into wrongdoing at…
Burning the small fry: Steinhoff’s unlikely first South African convict
When you picture the first conviction for the grand R106bn Steinhoff fraud in South Africa, you probably wouldn’t have imagined the man up against…
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