Wealthy man scammed by lawyer of R8.6m only gets a small portion back
Ian Smith gave his lawyer Andruw Stephens R8.6m to put in his trust account, only to discover he had disappeared and only R2,800 was left
13 December 2024 - 04:30
A wealthy man who trusted a lawyer and deposited more than R8m into his trust account only for the lawyer to disappear, failed in his court bid to be reimbursed by the Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund board as he could not prove he entrusted the lawyer with the money...
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