An unsuspecting Marén de Klerk willingly met the Hawks and police about a matter in which he was allegedly conned out of millions of rand by a disbarred lawyer.
De Klerk willingly met the Hawks and police in relation to a matter in which he was allegedly conned out of millions of rand by aDe Klerk is wanted by the Namibian government for corruption, fraud, theft and money laundering. He is accused of using his trust account for the distribution of ill-gotten loot to various accounts in the Fishrot corruption trial in which Namibia’s former fisheries minister, Bernhardt Esau, is embroiled.
The South African government received a request from Namibia for De Klerk’s extradition on 15 October 2021. This came after the high court in Windhoek issued a warrant of arrest for De Klerk. According to the warrant, which thehas seen, De Klerk faces a maximum penalty of 100 years in prison or a fine not exceeding N$1 billion, or both.
In 2022, a Paarl magistrate court issued a warrant of arrest for De Klerk, which was followed by the publication of a red notice by international police organisationWhile De Klerk’s profile does not appear to be on Interpol’s red notice online data portal, theThe paymaster-turned-whistleblower admitted in a 500-page affidavit to having “unwittingly” committed crimes linked to the Fishrot scandal.
When De Klerk started requesting money from his trust account, Van Heerden undertook to make a payment on several occasions but failed to do so. De Klerk has laid criminal charges against Van Heerden and has escalated the matter to the Western Cape director of public prosecutions. Tags:
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