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Fraud
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MH370 Missing Money Likely An Inside Job
15 Aug 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Money that has gone missing from MH370 passengers’ accounts has been said to have been due to an inside job at a Malaysian bank.
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Interview With A Man Who Faked His Own Death
05 Aug 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Aubrey Lee Price managed to fake his own death to escape his dark past, and while criminal, it proved to be a seriously interesting story upon his arrest.
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HUGE: Telkom CEO Bust With Someone Else’s Number Plate
25 Jul 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We all know about the various number plate scamming and corruption in various departments that goes on under the radar, right? Well it may have just been blown WIDE open.
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Imagine Finding R90 Million In A Box [Images]
13 Jun 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Can you actually picture what R90million looks like in cash? This guy could, because he was hiding it all in an, admittedly rather large, wooden box in his flat…
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Very Spicy – Mamphela Ramphele And The Missing R13 Million
13 Jun 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This looks like the making of a scandal, folks. One which could end Mamphela Ramphele’s political career before it has even really started. Is this why she formed Agang SA or are we getting ahead of ourselves?
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The Dark Murky World Of Wine Fraud
02 Jun 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
All that wine-tasting and training is about to come in handy, as it’s been revealed that wine buyers are not getting exactly what they’ve paid for, with Italian police uncovering a massive wine fraud scandal, with cheap imitations in circulation that look and appear just like the real thing.
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Art: This Is How You Forge A Masterpiece
24 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Pei-Shen Qian is a Chinese artist accused of being part of a R349 million art swindle, and is still at large. On Monday a US court document listed the methods Qian’s network is alleged to have used to fool collectors and experts. The New York Times is calling it a “forgers manual.”
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This Is Why Facebook Likes Are A Waste Of Time And Money [VIDEO]
11 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Paying for fake likes on Facebook will give you notoriously poor returns, but even using legitimate means to generate likes through Facebook advertising will now result in failure. This is according to Derek Muller, who has 131 000 likes on his Facebook page. Muller now longs for the days when he had only a couple of thousand page likes.
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2oceansvibe Interviews The Real ‘Wolf Of Wall Street,’ Jordan Belfort [AUDIO]
18 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Who is Jordan Belfort? Wall Street millionaire at 26, playboy, philanderer, addict, charismatic leader, giant fraud and federal convict at 36, Jordan Belfort says he’s a man who has found atonement. He’s coming to Cape Town. 2oceansvibe landed an exclusive interview with the man.
[BONUS: Includes audio podcast download of interview!]
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Steve Wozniak Spends Fake Money And Prints Fraudulent IDs All The Time [VIDEO]
04 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The launch of the iPad Air in South Africa today reminded us of this special little moment. Professional genius and part-time eccentric, Steve Wozniak admitted on stage at the 2011 Engadget Show that he prints and spends his own $2 bills (he’ll also happily sell you a book of them), as well as numerous fake […]
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Nigella Lawson Used Cocaine Daily For A Decade, Often With Her Daughter
27 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Nigella Lawson, known as the ‘domestic goddess’ because of her homely presence and squeaky-clean image, has been found to be a severe drug user.
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Fear And Loathing On Loop Street [2ND UPDATE]
15 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 46 Comments
Mike Howard is a Canadian citizen American citizen residing in Canada, currently in Cape Town. A musician from Montreal, Howard travelled to South Africa to “record an album, and then climb up Table Mountain.” Yesterday morning, Howard published an account of a robbery and subsequent assault he allegedly suffered in the vicinity of Loop Street on […]
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This Guy Wanted Media24 To Pay Him R320K To Keep Quiet
15 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Wian Bonthuyzen, the former Media24 manager of community newspapers in Media24’s Volksblad stable, had some damning evidence against Media24 – and like any slimy old man, he tried to get Media24 to pay him off before he went to the Competition Tribunal.
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UPDATE: Man Accused of Fraud Puts Nandos Bag On His Head, Cuts Out Eyehole [PIC]
30 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Xolisile Guquza, a man accused of fraud, appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crime Court on last Wednesday. Xolisile donned a smart outfit for his big day, sporting a blue suit and a pink shirt. However, his sartorial elegance was somewhat overshadowed by what appeared to be a large Nandos paper bag that he put on his head.
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You Know Those Beautiful BBC Wildlife Films? They’re Fake
09 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Veteran BBC cameraman, Doug Allen confirmed in a recent convocation speech at a UK university that scenes in BBC wildlife documentaries are regularly filmed in artificial sets to guarantee the quality of the shots.
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New York Sues Donald Trump’s University For R400 Million For Stealing Money From Children
26 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Trump University promised its students they would receive “individual instruction until they made their first deal.” Instead, all they got was a picture taken in front of a life-sized cardboard cut-out of the floppy haired Apprentice star, and thousands of dollars of debt resting uncomfortably on their shoulders.
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Fake Instagram Followers Are Here – Fraud Marketing Extends Its Reach
20 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Spam botnets, such as the infamous ‘Zeus’ that came to light in 2007, have infiltrated Instagram, and are being put to task generating false ‘likes’ and ‘followers’ in order to create media buzz over particular companies or individuals on the platform for eventual financial gain.
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Mind Blowing: 20-Year-Old Construction Group Might Be South Africa’s Biggest Ever Fraud
12 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mail & Guardian has detailed their investigation into what could be this country’s largest fraud scheme. Jeff Wiggill and Andy Bertulis are reportedly the men behind the fraud at First Strut which has been going on for more than two decades.
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Convicted Fraudster J Arthur Brown Is Living In An R8 Million Bishopscourt House
18 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Former Fidentia head and convicted fraudster, J Arthur Brown is reported to be living in a Cape Town home worth R8 million. The house is situated in Bishopscourt and has four bedrooms. Brown has repeatedly claimed to live off the charity of friends, having “lost all” his money.
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Media24 CEO Scammed Out Of R360,000 In 3 Days
30 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
Esmere Weideman, CEO of Media24 was caught in a SIM swop scam over the weekend, in which she was robbed of R360,000. Unbeknownst to Weideman, R1,5 million was transferred from her home loan account to her cheque account by criminals who had gained access to her information via a SIM swop.
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Ex Fidentia Boss, J Arthur Brown Found Guilty Of Fraud
18 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
J Arthur Brown has been found guilty on two counts of fraud in the Western Cape High Court today. Brown had handed in a document last week admitting to two major charges of fraud. He faces 15 years in the big house
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No Money, No Food, Please Help – Julius “Karma” Malema Is Destitute
04 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Life is not looking too pretty for Malema. Nothing remains of his fortune; cars, houses and cash have all been seized by authorities to pay back his Sars debt of R16 million. Malema may even loose the very cabbages that he now farms in Limpopo. This week Sars applied to the Pretoria High Court to have Malema sequestered. […]
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Mac Maharaj’s Sister-In-Law Lands Him In Hot Water Over Swiss Bank Account
01 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
New evidence has surfaced linking the kickbacks from a contract to provide new drivers licenses in the 1990’s to Mac Maharaj and his wife Zarina. Maharaj’s sister-in-law, Sherine Carim, can confirm a secret Swiss bank account, opened by Zarina, into which these kickbacks were paid. Thales, a multinational company wired the money to a Swiss […]
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Scam Warning: “SA Holidays” Is Busy Debiting From People’s Accounts For No Reason
30 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Another debit order scam has been recognised after many bank account users, across all banks, have noticed that amounts of money have been disappearing from their accounts in the last few weeks. The offending company is a fictitious holiday company called “SA Holidays,” deducting up to R399 per month from innocent citizens.
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Could The LIBOR Scandal Be “The Biggest Consumer Fraud In History”?
12 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Over the past few weeks we’ve brought you several reports regarding the increasingly worrisome LIBOR scandal. The investigation into interest rate-rigging debacle is quickly snowballing and analysts have now begun wondering if “16 of the world’s largest banks have perpetrated the biggest fraud in history.”
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Former Springbok’s Charity Hoax Exposed
12 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Thys Burger, a former springbok rugby player, has been caught out with his hands dirty after it was unveiled that he has been scamming charities out of money. Burger, who was capped at Number 8 three times in the 80’s, is also the father of former Cheetah players and current Blitzbokke player, Philip Burger.
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Visa Study Shows South African Consumers Have High Awareness Of Fraud, But Still A Need For Education
14 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In an effort to increase awareness around debit and credit card safety, Visa and First National Bank (FNB) have teamed up to highlight the importance of card security to better educate consumers and protect them against fraud. Through an annual campaign running this year from the 13 – 16 March 2012, the Visa FNB Card […]
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