Parents in the small Western Cape town of Swellendam are accused of fraudulently funnelling funds using an account they opened in their daughter’s name when she was nine.
The Financial Action Task Force has identified 22 areas that SA needs to tackle before getting off the grey list by next year.
In the R1.8-billion BHI Ponzi scheme case, Sona Pillay is alleged to have visited the Sun City casino 131 times where he reportedly placed bets totalling R800 million over four years, , withdrawing large amounts in cash to launder the money.
“There is an extradition request for both of them and the State will strenuously oppose their bail application.”
They might all be enjoying their last Christmas as free people.
Razzlekhan also claimed to be a successful tech businesswoman, calling herself an economist, serial entrepreneur, software investor, and of course, a rapper.
In a speech to the Parliament of South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the government has launched an investigation into several people involved in this gold smuggling and money laundering scheme per Al Jazeera.
The 57-year-old was arrested before, but clearly thought she was above the law or something and continued her revolting antics.
A deep-dive investigation by Al Jazeera has revealed some of Southern Africa’s largest gold-smuggling operations, exposing how the gangs are brazenly looting the nation.
The best countries to hide wealth have just been revealed by the Tax Justice Network.
An 80-year-old nun admitted to wire fraud and money laundering, which she committed in order to fund her gambling problem.
The identity of the high-flyer who footed the R1,3 million bill for loads of luxury champagne at a Pretoria restaurant makes this situation even more questionable.
Meet Aleksandr Zhukov, a 41-year-old Russian who once called himself the ‘King of Fraud’ for creating a fake ad network.
Cape Town has been dubbed an “international cybercrime capital”, with online dating scams as popular as ever.
Pam Golding Properties is now being investigated by the Estate Agency Affairs Board of South Africa (EAAB), due to the sale of two properties in Jozi.
Steinhoff is currently one of the world’s biggest punching bags, its name being consistently dragged through the mud. Here’s an interesting take.
Looking for a way to use that stolen credit card legitimately? Well, well, well, Airbnb might be the place to do it, if you’re up for the extensive pooling of people, that is.
Famous faces were no doubt going to be involved in the Panama Papers saga, but are they who you thought they would be?
You’ve no doubt heard the term thrown around a fair bit these past 24 hours – isn’t it time you latched on to what all the fuss is about?
Yesterday saw Julius Malema in good spirits, and I imagine it will be much of the same today after the charges against him were struck from the roll.
Today saw the money laundering charges against Julius Malema once again postponed, with the complete history of the protracted legal battle definitely worth a read.
Golf remains to this day a sport played by true gentlemen, which is why it comes as such a shock to see a man worth many millions involved in one hell of a mess.
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…
John Julyan is a former Western Cape relationship manager at Barclays Wealth (a division of Absa). He is also a very naughty man. Not “use tax-payers money to buy porn” level of naughty, but more “steal more money than I can carry” kind of naughty. He was so naughty that he was found guilty on Monday of 39 counts of theft, totalling R15 million.
Banking Giant, HSBC has a fresh set of allegations of illegal activity in Argentina to answer to. The Argentinian government alleges HSBC used “fake receipts” to facilitate money laundering and tax evasion to the tune of $77 million (R706 million) in that country. Argentina’s tax authority has filed criminal charges against HSBC. HSBC said they […]