Legal precedent set as Odendaal’s assets forfeited in Steinhoff fraud battle
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 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.
Read moreThe 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.
The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) this week moved to attach more than R1.4 billion in assets linked to former Steinhoff chief executive Markus Jooste, five years after it told Parliament it was […]
The JSE has disqualified Steinhoff’s former chief financial officer, Ben la Grange, from acting as a company director for 10 years and fined him a total of R2 million. La Grange served as […]
Germany’s financial supervisory authority has fined Steinhoff International Holdings a total of €11.29 million (about R192m) for breaching financial regulations. The multinational retailer has a primary listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and […]
“How much can I claim back from my Steinhoff losses in the current process?” This is a question we have heard frequently over the past few weeks, but which we have not seen […]
The Financial Services Tribunal has ordered the FSCA to come up with an “appropriate” administrative penalty on Markus Jooste after it set aside the fine of nearly R162 million the regulator imposed on […]
Netwerk24 reports that Markus Jooste’s legal team holds that the FSCA’s R241 million penalty is shockingly inappropriate in that he is also held accountable for the transgressions of those he advised to sell […]