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Attorney Chinette Gallichan was shot in broad daylight outside the offices of the Council for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) in the Johannesburg CBD

Anger over lawyer’s murder

The young lawyer was shot dead in broad daylight outside the offices of the Council for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) in the Johannesburg CBD

The state has provisionally dropped charges against Michael Haldane and Sona Pillay but investors could seek private prosecution. (File photo)

BHI Trust Ponzi fraud accused walk free — for now

The state has provisionally dropped charges against Michael Haldane and Sona Pillay but investors could seek private prosecution

The state has provisionally dropped charges against Michael Haldane and Sona Pillay but investors could seek private prosecution. (File photo)

BHI Trust victims livid as alleged Ponzi fraudster cleared to travel

Investors who lost their life savings in the scheme fear that former Global & Local director Michael Haldane will not return to South Africa to face charges

Craig Warriner. Photo supplied

BHI Trust: Convicted fraudster Craig Warriner sentenced to 25 years

The former co-trustee was found guilty of 206 counts of fraud in the scheme, which has cost investors at least R1.6 billion

The Gauteng high court is setting down civil trials as far ahead as 2031. Photo: Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images

Mail & Guardian defends application for a gag order

The lawsuit is the latest example of business entities trying to bar the media from reporting

Craig Warriner. Graphic representation by John McCann/M&G

BHI Trust’s associates’ global links exposed

But the South African expat listed as a Swiss resident has denied any connection to the company that apparently marketed the alleged ponzi scheme

The Special Investigating Unit traced financial gains of more than R181 million linked to beneficiaries of fraudulent visa applications that were supported by fake documentation

Fund manager and brokers distance themselves from BHI Trust

Axiam Capital Management say they feel betrayed by Craig Warriner but fear no liability in the matter

An illegal money trader holds out a wad of ZImbabwe dollar notes on January 26, 2022, in the streets of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Inflation is on the rise leading to cash shortages.

Zimbabwe’s loan sharks smile as runaway inflation looms again

Well before Zimbabwe’s economy took a hit in the late 1990s, spurring world-record inflation, usury was a part of the daily lives of working-class households in South Africa’s…

Ponzi prince? Myles Ndlovu has been charged with fraud for allegedly scamming investors out of millions of rand

High cost of get-rich-quick scams

South Africans are often swindled out of their savings by slick con artists. People need to ask questions and be wary of tempting offers

The closed office of Zeekler Corporation is shown in Lexington

Small-town magician siphons $600m through ponzi scheme

Authorities say Paul Burks was the mastermind of a $600-million scam, one of the biggest in US history, that attracted one-million investors.

US fraudster Madoff says sentence too harsh

Bernard Madoff, sentenced to 150 years in jail for the biggest financial scam in US history, says the judge’s sentence was too harsh.

Krion accused convicted

Krion matriarch Marietjie Prinsloo was today found guilty on over 122 000 charges, including racketeering, money laundering and fraud.

Cops probe alleged pyramid scheme

Cops have conducted raids on the suspected masterminds minds behind an alleged pyramid scheme operating out of the Western Cape.

‘Enormous’ Ponzi scare

Hundreds of millions of rands have disappeared in an apparent Ponzi scheme believed to have operated in the Western Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.

Ponzi-scheme suspect Tannenbaum faces arrest

Arrest warrants for the masterminds of a Ponzi scheme that led to wealthy South Africans being swindled have been issued, it was announced on Tuesday.

Bernard Madoff’s fall from grace

How the respected Wall Street financier who seemed to have the Midas touch became a "nobody" languishing behind bars.

Madoff sentenced to 150 years in prison

Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison on Monday for perpetrating Wall Street’s biggest investment fraud.

Ruth Madoff forfeits asset claims, left with $2,5m

Ruth Madoff, the wife of epic swindler Bernard Madoff who reaped billions and a lavish family lifestyle, will be left with ,5-million.

Master swindler Madoff to be sentenced on Monday

Thousands of people who lost their life savings in a multibillion-dollar scam will discover on Monday the fate of Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff.

Ponzi mess taints all players

In monster fraud scandals, such as the one allegedly involving Barry Tannenbaum, fingers normally point in one direction, that of the suspect.