In 2023, a middle-aged accountant, Hildegard Steenkamp, stood in the dock in the JHB Specialised Crimes Court at Palm Ridge and received a 25 year sentence. Her unassuming appearance belied the 13 years she had spent systematically draining her employer’s bank account. In the end, the judge would say that this was the most significant Read more
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Because of Craig Warriner, group of people, mostly ordinary South Africans, but also a few multimillionaires, woke up one morning in October 2023 to discover that an investment fund they’d counted on for an income for up to 22 years was a complete sham. Overnight, their monthly dividends became the spoils of a criminal scheme,
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We all know that social media often masks some heavy truths, but for the victims of a serial predator, referred to as “The Facebook Rapist” who began to strike through the platform in October 2019, the mask was so well-curated that they had no idea how at-risk they were, until it was too late. Thokozane
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Our country faces increased pressure from the international community to crack down on financial crimes.
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Every now and then a South African court hears a financial crime case that is so bizarre and unbelievable that it goes down in the annals of history. In 1994, one such case popped up in the unlikely town of Oudtshoorn. Content hosted by iono.fm SHOWNOTES: Host: Nicole Engelbrecht Producer: Nicole Engelbrecht Music: Snippet (with
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