‘Brother Louis turned WhatsApped pic of zama zama diamonds into an alleged R4bn money-printing machine’
Liebenberg, his wife and seven other accused were arrested in connection with allegedly defrauding investors of billions of rand
12 November 2024 - 21:25
Before controversial diamond dealer Louis Liebenberg's R4bn “money-printing machine” was constituted as Tariomix, the scheme allegedly started out as WhatsApped photos of zama zama diamonds and seemingly turned into millions of rand of seed money overnight...
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