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$50 Million Cryptocurrency Scam Cripples South African Investors

01 Mar 2018

BTC Global exposed as an alleged elaborate Ponzi scheme.

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Bank Denies Claims of Negligence in Suspected R500m Fraud

20 Jan 2018

As more victims of the alleged Electio R500 million fraud scheme come forward, Nedbank has denied claims that it is unaware of allegations it may have been complicit or negligent in facilitating the company’s dodgy payments.

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IRS Investigates Alleged Racial Attack on Inter-Racial Couple

16 Sep 2016

IRS Investigates Alleged Racial Attack on Inter-Racial Couple ILLOVO – An alleged racist attack has left a couple traumatised.

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IRS Investigates Famous South African Celebrity's Mother

30 Jun 2016

IRS Investigates Famous South African Celebrity's Mother Johannesburg - Patricia Noah, the mother of The Daily Show host Trevor Noah, is being accused of being a slumlord and taking advantage of the poor.

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The Day Madiba Poured Tea for Ali

05 Jun 2016

The Day Madiba Poured Tea for Ali IRS director and fellow IRS investigator reminisce about time spent with World Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali (IRS founder Chad Thomas supervised Ali's security in South Africa in 1993 and IRS Cape Town investigator Fareed Hoosen was one of the bodyguards to Ali).

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IRS Head Office moves to Dunkeld

25 Apr 2016

IRS Moves to Dunkeld DUNKELD WEST – The IRS team have recently relocated.

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Private investigators host NYPD deputy commissioner

29 Mar 2016

text ZOO LAKE – SA crime fighters networked with NYPD police commissioner to exchange ideas.

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NYPD cops share SAPS's concerns

22 Mar 2016

text Johannesburg - The cities of New York and Joburg are a world apart, yet there are similarities in the difficulties their two police forces face.

 

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Rivonia Shooting Latest in String of Serbian Hits

07 Mar 2016

Latest in the most recent underworld shooting in Johannesburg earlier this week.  Comment by Chad Thomas from IRS.

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Search for son abducted 3 years ago

13 Jan 2016

Johannesburg - Nazeer Mohammed's bedroom in his parents' house stands untouched in the hope that one day he'll return to sleep in his own bed again, after he disappeared more than three years ago in a suspected kidnapping.

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SONA: 'It could only have been a jammer'

16 Feb 2015

The disruption to cellphone signals that marred last week's State of the Nation Address (SONA) could only have been caused by a jamming device, it has emerged.

This comes as a Parliamentary probe is already under way into what government ministers are referring to as a "technical glitch", and the Democratic Alliance demands the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) probe the loss of cellphone signal during Thursday's SONA.

DA faces public violence claims

01 Feb 2015

Cape Town - New allegations have emerged in an eight-year-old case, now under fresh police investigation, that DA politicians orchestrated public violence to try to unseat the ANC in a southern Cape municipality.

Although the initial probe into these allegations found they were not substantiated, Independent Media has established that police recently asked top politicians, including Transport and Public Works MEC Donald Grant and Bitou Municipality mayor Memory Booysen, to provide them with information.

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Scammed for love

26 Jan 2015

Knowing things were too good to be true did not stop a Durban mother of five from being conned out of almost R700,000 by a cyber lover.

"People are probably thinking how could I have been so stupid. I ask myself the same question every day," she said.

The divorced administration clerk, like hundreds of vulnerable women charmed by online Casanovas, lost her life savings to a man she had fallen in love with despite having never met him in person.

The Hawks know of several cases in which women lost much more.

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Children in dog fighting horror

12 Jan 2015

Johannesburg - Dog fighters forced children as young as 9 to imitate real dog fights, placing bets on which child will cause the most injury through biting and scratching.

The horrific form of abuse, which shows just how damaging dog fighting can be to children, came to light early last year in Ekurhuleni, but not much has been done to help the children involved.

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Social media can fuel vigilante attacks

11 Jan 2015

Cape Town - Social media websites are increasingly being used to name and shame lawbreakers or make residents aware of crime in their area. But these sites also have potential negative consequences – vigilantism, or even criminal charges for those making posts.

Chad Thomas, chief forensic investigator at IRS forensic services, has warned that people behind the posts can be charged as an accessory after the fact if the post leads to an assault or death.

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Fresh probe into Vito Palazzolo

21 Dec 2014

Durban - Suspected Mafia kingpin Vito Palazzolo is a person of interest in a major money laundering investigation linked to an animal shelter outside Plettenberg Bay – this despite him being in an Italian jail.

Palazzolo, 66, is a naturalised South African citizen who for years lived in the Western Cape. In 2009, he was in absentia sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment by an Italian court for having an association with the Mafia, and has been in jail for more than two-and-a-half years.

He was arrested in Thailand on an Interpol red notice – one of the international police organisation’s tools for tracking fugitives – as he was travelling back to South Africa in 2012.

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Mega brothel in Berea - residents

03 Nov 2014

Chad Thomas from IRS forensic investigations said no environmental impact study had been conducted and changes had been made without council permission or community consultation.

The lodge is on Louis Botha Avenue and comprises of number 42, 44 and 44A. Another angry resident who didn’t want to be identified, stated that entrances to the other two properties were closed and there was one entrance and exit to Louis Botha which was creating traffic in Louis Botha Avenue.

He said with the BRT construction there was one lane available for motorists and if there was a motorist entering the lodge and one driving out of the lodge, one must stop for the one driving out which creates traffic.

Kebble murder on the big screen

22 Oct 2014

Johannesburg - It's one thing to read and hear about a murder - no matter how gory. It's quite another actually watching its execution.

Viewers got to experience the close-up reality of the murder of billionaire businessman Brett Kebble on Tuesday night at the premiere of 204: Getting Away With Murder at The Zone in Rosebank.

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Three shot after concert clash

06 Oct 2014

Johannesburg - Three people are in hospital after being shot during an argument at a concert at Meyer's Farm in Alberton on Sunday.

Professional boxer Jarred Selwyn Silverman-Lebotschy and a man, believed to be Bradley Swartz, spent the night in the same intensive-care ward at Netcare Union Hospital under police guard.

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Top cops involved in truck heists

27 Jun 2014

Suspected underworld tycoon Frikkie Lutzkie is fighting to be released from a Zimbabwean prison after being found guilty of breaching various regulations of the country's air space.

 

Originally from The New Age

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