
Court clarifies boundary between NCA enforcement and Insolvency Act remedies
The High Court rejects arguments that excess transactions processed during a system error amounted to unlawful credit extension.

The High Court rejects arguments that excess transactions processed during a system error amounted to unlawful credit extension.

Fraud victims have two distinct remedies: criminal-law-driven asset forfeiture via the Prevention of Organised Crime Act and civil liquidation proceedings under the Companies Act.

At issue is whether a death benefit received by a surviving spouse is protected from the creditors of an insolvent joint estate.

The joint trustees have managed to recoup R12.4m, but R1.5bn remains in claims. The efforts to recover funds through settlements, asset recovery, and legal action continue.

The joint trustees’ attorneys are sending letters demanding repayment from creditors who received over R300m in preferential payments in the six months before sequestration.

As creditors await repayment totalling nearly R2bn, preliminary investigations by the joint trustees point to potential asset recoveries totalling just over R414 million.

Evidence uncovered by BHI Trust’s joint provisional trustees shows the flow of funds from the trust to Craig Warriner.