Author of "At Any Cost", the story of a SA tech entrepreneur fraudster. Writer and researcher.
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined March 2021
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South African state innovation agency #TIA details how it plans to use new funds from landmark R1.2bn ($72.9m) arbitration award from shareholders of #KapaBiosystem, which involved Kapa's $445m sale in 2015 to Swiss pharma giant @Roche. shorturl.at/NzP9v
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Sam Bankman-Fried applies for a pardon from Trump techcrunch.com/2026/06/08/sa…
Sad this. But Jan Vermeulen at @mybroadband (together with @CiaranRyan14) have done a stirling job at keeping the #MTI story going. The clock is ticking and there will soon be nowhere to hide for the many others involved in SA's biggest cryptocurrency scam.
Masterminds behind South Africa's biggest pyramid scheme still walking free
While former MTI CEO Johann Steynberg has reportedly died while under house arrest in Brazil, his associates in South Africa and around the world still walk free.
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#Pozi. They're from Gabon and have already had an investment round. That name is gonna get a lot of attention! techinafrica.com/gabons-pozi…
While convicted fraudster and SA tech entrepreneur #EranEyal (of #Springleap, #Shopin fame) lies low in a European city, thousands of #Shopin investors are still waiting for refunds to be paid out.
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More lay-offs at @Derivco the software development company that mysterious SA entrepreneur #MartinMoshal founded (but is no longer a director of - the article below doesn't mention this): mybroadband.co.za/news/softw…
Great piece here on #MartinMoshal by @FinancialReview's @primroseriordan - one of SA's richest people, you probably never heard of. Getting to the bottom of who he is means getting through walls and walls of trusts. Interesting that he may be moving to Israel.
New: The billionaire who invented online casinos is quietly living in Sydney🏖️
His story, his fortune, and his vast interests in the world of gambling👇
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Got pulled up by a founder today for asking a couple of pretty reasonable questions about his or her company's recent down-round. I think this is a fair response, no?
Just when you thought things had died down (no pun intended) about the Mirror Trading International (#MTI) scam. Not difficult to work out who this is. Just search for who was reportedly drew almost 220 BTC (worth R74.9m at the time) as at June 2021. mybroadband.co.za/news/crypt…
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Fugitive Johann Steinberg’s life in Brazil was defined by one relationship after the next, shady deals and first-class cocaine – until mounting financial strain, and the law, caught up with him.
🔗 Stephen Timm has more on this story.
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How much did the #MTI kingpin make off with when he fled to Brazil in December 2020? In this 3rd story in a @Moneyweb series where I piece together the life of #JohannSteynberg, CEO of #MTI, I take a look at transactions on his Club Swan account. moneyweb.co.za/in-depth/inve…
What exactly happened to #MTI kingpin #JohannSteynberg after he fled to São Paulo, Brazil? I take a look, in part one of a two-part series in
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Bungled arrest? In this 2nd story in a @Moneyweb series where I piece together what really happened in Brazil to #JohannSteynberg, CEO of #MTI, one of the world's biggest crypto scams, I take a look at the numerous inconsistincies around his 2021 arrest. shorturl.at/pY4ot
I spoke to @Ryk_van_Niekerk on the #RSGGeldsake show on whether #MTI kingpin #JohannSteynberg is dead or not, following my trip last month to Brazil. shorturl.at/4hyoL
In this podcast I speak to Moneyweb's @CiaranRyan14 on the Moneyweb Crypto Podcast about what I discovered about #MTI kingpin #JohannSteynberg following a trip last month to his grave in Brazil. shorturl.at/6b7NQ
Is #MTI kingpin #JohannSteynberg really dead? I explain what I found in Brazil in this interview with Safm's Jimmy Moyaha (@jmoyaha_): rb.gy/4z55kr
Last month I visited various sites in Brazil and poured over Brazilian court records to piece together what really happened to #JohannSteynberg, CEO of one of the world's biggest crypto scams #MTI. Here's the first in a series of articles I've written: shorturl.at/YweYy
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Don't miss the first article in a special Moneyweb series on Mirror Trading International CEO Johann Steynberg.
#Moneyweb #Investigations #MTI
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