Security Warning: Property Sale Cybercrime Surges, and a New AI Danger
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, a good time to focus on the fact that cybercriminals are targeting more and more property transactions. If you are selling or buying property, keep your guard up! In the context of yet another High Court dispute over who will bear the loss of a substantial amount of […]
When crime doesn’t pay: VAT fraudsters behind bars for 25 years
“The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall” (Denis Healey) In a strong warning to would-be tax fraudsters, the High Court has sentenced three company directors to effective sentences of 25 years’ imprisonment each. The three were convicted of fraud, forgery, uttering and money laundering involving R216m in […]