THE CONVERSATION Get-rich-quick schemes, pyramids and ponzis: five signs you’re being scammed 4 min 0 By Bomikazi Zeka and Abdul Latif Alhassan
2024 PEOPLE OF THE YEAR Moegoe of the Year: Toilet preaching Ponzi schemer talks real kak 4 min 30 By Marianne Thamm
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY It’s the Louis Liebenberg 'reality' show as alleged diamond scammer mounts his own defence 6 min 4 By Vincent Cruywagen
SHAME AND FORTUNE Chris Brown, R Kelly and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs point to hardcore crime beneath what is presented to us as entertainment 6 min 1 By Caryn Dolley
CLOSED FOR BUSINESS Disgraced financial adviser Craig Warriner debarred for 30 years by Financial Sector Conduct Authority 2 min 9 By Neesa Moodley
UNGODLY MISSION The US is tightening its case against a South African pastor involved in a multimillion-dollar investment scam 5 min 3 By Caryn Dolley
GROUNDUP Gollong racket appears to have collapsed but SA remains breeding ground for financial scams 7 min 0 By Anton van Zyl for GroundUp
GROUNDUP Investigation — Beneath the dark cloud hanging over alleged solar power Ponzi operation, Gollong Investments 2 min 1 By Anton van Zyl and Maanda Bele
Maverick Citizen Cape investors left impoverished in Ponzi scheme investment scam 4 min 3 By Vincent Cruywagen
AMABHUNGANE VBS: Indictment details the ‘corrupt gratifications’ driving illegal municipal investments in the doomed bank 4 min 3 By Tebogo Tshwane for amaBhungane
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS Scams, cons and stupidities: History is replete with get-rich-quick schemes 8 min 1 By J Brooks Spector
Business Maverick Book review: The Grand Scam by Rob Rose – how the Tannenbaums and Madoffs get away with it 4 min 0 By Styli Charalambous
