[imagesource: Instagram / Sandile Shezi]

Having to appear in court is bad enough.

Being nabbed during that appearance and chucked in a holding cell for the night is really rubbing salt into the wounds.

Back in 2015, Sandile Shezi’s name was splashed across headlines dubbing him our ‘youngest self-made millionaire‘.

As the attention grew, questions started to be asked and it wasn’t long before people began to pick holes in his story and in his company, Global Forex Institute (GFI).

Last October, Shezi was arrested and charged with fraud as more and more people came forward with stories of being swindled.

In the latest development, during a court appearance last week, City Press reports that Shezi was “nabbed movie-style” and spent the night in a Sandton Police Station holding cell:

City Press understands that Shezi has been slapped with a fresh case of fraud after another one of his alleged victims, Angel Mabena, opened a case against him at the Sandton Police Station late last year.

Mabena accused the flamboyant Shezi of defrauding her of R200 000…

Image: Thuli Dlamini

Mabena said the money that she had invested in Shezi’s business was a loan from her aunt. She said that she had to relocate to KwaMhlanga after realising that she had been scammed.

“I have fought with my family. I gave him money which I borrowed from my family members. I had to relocate to KwaMhlanga [in Mpumalanga] because I got the money from my aunt and now our family is divided because of this.

Police spokesperson Mavela Masondo confirmed the arrest.

Mabena joins a long (and ever-increasing) list of people who have accused Shezi of fraud. Perhaps that’s why his Instagram account, where he was once very active, has been dormant since October.

His high-flying lifestyle may be a facade, set to come crashing down, but at least he’s travelling in style:

Shezi owns a fleet of luxury cars that include a Lamborghini Gallardo, a Range Rover Velar, a Ferrari California T, a Maserati Grancabrio, a Mercedes-Benz G-Class and a BMW i8.

He is known for travelling first class as he goes on posh vacations abroad and owns a mansion in an exclusive private estate. His company has offices in the plum suburbs of Umhlanga and Sandton.

Confusingly, the next line of the story says various reports put his net worth at around R2,8 million. If he owns all of those cars, and a mansion in an exclusive estate, it would have to be far higher.

Either way, it appears that his legal woes aren’t going away any time soon.

[source:citypress]