Ponzi mastermind Goodman Goqo jailed for R75m fraud
Ponzi scheme operator Goodman Goqo, arrested in January 2012, has been sentenced to an effective eight years in prison for defrauding more than 4 000 people of around R75 million, reports TimesLIVE. The sentence was handed down by Pinetown Regional Court Magistrate Stanley Hlophe after a drawn-out case that took ...
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FSCA ‘names and shames’ 5 800 employers owing R7.3bn in pension contributions
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The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has once again published the names of employers who have failed to pay pension fund contributions over to the respective pension funds on behalf of their employees. Moneyweb reports that the FSCA is taking a strong stance by ‘naming and shaming’ ...
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Deepfakes: Law strong, enforcement weak in South Africa
Deepfakes – AI-generated forgeries of faces, voices and likenesses – are emerging as a serious threat to media trust, constitutional rights and electoral integrity in South Africa.
According to Wits University lecturer Nomalanga Mashinini in a report by The Conversation, the country already has strong legal protections against deepfake misuse ...
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