Tag: fraud

South Africa has seen a surge of fraud related crimes happening within white-collar business sectors of the country. Fraud constitutes a serious economic crime and should not be treated as a...

A sharp increase in identity fraud across the country has been noted by The South African Fraud Prevention Service (SAFPS). The number of fraudsters using real IDs and names have increased...

Combined gross fraud losses on South African-issued bank cards soared by 18% in 2018, compared to the previous year, and totalled an astronomical R873.4-million, industry body Sabric said on Wednesday. Sabric, or the...

In December 2018, a number of South Africans had been hit by a ‘mysterious R99 debit order’. While the full extent of the scam is not known, some estimates indicate that as many...

The Steinhoff case raises important questions about our financial system as a whole – and the possible consequences if other companies were subjected to the same level of scrutiny, says James-Brent...