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17 June 2009
5023/08 [2009] ZAGPJHC 28 (17 June 2009)
Vosal Investments (Pty) Limited v City of Johannesburg and Others

Home Affairs ordered to pay for bribery claims - 17 July
Taxpayers will have to pay for the Home Affairs Department's false bribery claims against an American lawyer who successfully challenged its illegal deportation of a Congolese asylum seeker, says a Cape Times report. Acting South Gauteng High Court Judge Brian Spilg has hit Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma with a punishing legal costs order for her department's 'irresponsible', 'vexatious' and defamatory claims against the Lawyers for Human Rights volunteer. The judge found the allegations were fictitious and ordered that they be struck from the court record. Spilg further ordered the department to pay for the return from Lubumbashi to SA of the asylum seeker - Legalbrief website

Tannenbaum Case (Ponzi Scheme)

Register with Saponzi.co.za if Frankel Tannenbaum Scheme took you for a ride - 13 July
SSG Forensic Consultants, a division of Specialised Services Group (SSG), is calling on people that were defrauded by the Frankel Investment Scheme to contact it at the www.saponzi.co.za/ web site to help uncover the truth and bring those responsible for the scheme to justice. The site is also a useful resource to advise SSG of any relevant  information one may have that could assist in the investigation. SSG Forensic Consultants was employed by one of the victims of the scam after they did not receive the payments due to them from the Frankel Investment Scheme. - The Richmark Sentinel website

Court freezes assets of key Tannenbaum agent - 17 July
Assets including two Lamborghinis and three properties belonging to one of the key agents for Barry Tannenbaum's Ponzi-type scheme have been frozen by the Johannesburg High Court. The court last week granted a provisional interdict that Darryl Leigh not sell any of his assets or use them as security for any loans. Leigh and attorney Dean Rees were allegedly responsible for raising the majority of the funds from investors for Tannenbaum's scheme, which has reportedly fleeced high-profile investors of billions of rand. - Business Report website

How to steer clear of money scams - 10 July
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