SARB unfreezes R9bn: a win for Ibex Holdings in settling foreign debts
The SARB plans to continue enforcement action against Ibex Holdings, formerly Steinhoff, and other parties but may consider a settlement to resolve the matter.
The SARB plans to continue enforcement action against Ibex Holdings, formerly Steinhoff, and other parties but may consider a settlement to resolve the matter.
Stephanus Grobler, who is facing multiple charges including racketeering and fraud, is due to appear in court in February next year.
La Grange was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with five years suspended contingent on his co-operation with the State in future cases involving Steinhoff’s executives.
Dr Gerhard Burger, who travelled with Steinhoff directors to oversee their health, pleaded guilty to three counts of insider trading.
The South African Reserve Bank has seized more than R6 billion from various Ibex Investments accounts, previously Steinhoff.
The NPA indictment against former executives Stéhan Grobler and Ben la Grange details how they earned millions due to inflated share prices based on false profits.
The National Prosecuting Authority’s indictment against former Steinhoff executives lays bare a ‘sophisticated washing machine’ that generated ‘entirely illusory profits’.
The retailer’s former head of legal, Stephanus Grobler, appeared in the dock with Ben la Grange.
The SARB has forfeited to the state cash totalling R42m from Berdine Odendaal’s bank accounts, as well as her R18m property in Paarl’s Val de Vie estate.
The late Markus Jooste’s alleged romantic partner has applied to the SCA for permission to appeal the High Court’s ruling that effectively bars her from accessing a monthly living allowance of R150 000.
A fiduciary expert discusses the legal complexities surrounding attached assets in the wake of Markus Jooste’s death.
A former Steinhoff executive appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Friday charged with fraud and racketeering.
Jooste was more blameworthy than others because he deliberately contravened the law and was well qualified to understand his conduct’s implications, the FSCA says.
The FSCA is still waiting for him to make good on the reduced fine of R20m imposed in December 2022 for insider trading.
‘Conduct of this kind undermines public confidence in financial markets and leads the general public to believe that the system is rigged and unfair,’ Tribunal says.
JSE imposes fines totalling R15 million and bars Steinhoff’s former chief executive from holding office as a director.
This is a year after the Financial Services Tribunal set aside the Authority’s penalty of almost R162 million.