Mirror Trading International

South African authorities confirm MTI criminal investigation

4 years after Mirror Buying and selling Worldwide collapsed, South African authorities have confirmed an ongoing felony investigation. The Monetary Sector Conduct Authority declared MTI an “unlawful operation” in December 2020. Since then nevertheless there have been no substantial updates. As reported by My Broadband’s Jan Vermeulen on Might twenty first; The Nationwide Prosecuting Authority […]

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MTI reporting prompts legal threat from Maxtra Technologies

Protection of ongoing clawback litigation towards Mirror Buying and selling Worldwide Ponzi scammers has seen Maxtra Applied sciences threaten authorized motion. As per an April thirtieth stop and desist despatched to Offshore Alert, Maxtra Applied sciences is demanding protection of Sabina Romanowska be taken down. It has come to our consideration that your group, OffshoreAlert.com,

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MTI’s Johannes Steynberg reportedly dies in Brazil

Mirror Buying and selling Worldwide CEO Johannes Steynberg has reportedly died in Brazil. Steynberg’s dying follows a neighborhood identification fraud conviction and pending approval of extradition to South Africa. As per a dying certificates printed to the “Mirror Buying and selling Worldwide Rip-off – Now What!?” FaceBook group,  Steynberg, 40, died of sudden onset acute

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Mirror Trading International ruled a Ponzi scheme in SA

As a part of civil liquidation proceedings, the Excessive Courtroom of South Africa has dominated Mirror Buying and selling Worldwide was a Ponzi scheme. The courtroom’s undated order follows an software by MTI’s liquidators, in search of orders confirming Mirror Buying and selling Worldwide was an unlawful scheme; the funding contract between Mirror Buying and

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MTI tax issue in South Africa expected to drag into 2024

The Mirror Buying and selling Worldwide tax challenge in South Africa is predicted to pull into 2024. As a part of ongoing liquidation proceedings, final July South Africa’s Income Service (SARS) signalled intent to invoice MTI’s liquidators for $34.46 million. SARS ultimately adopted up by an intervention movement, filed in October 2022. The quantity purportedly

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MTI’s liquidators have spent over $6 million, no restitution

One of many widespread misconceptions with MLM receiverships within the US is that they work to maintain funds for themselves. In actuality, the place restoration is feasible, the overwhelming majority of recovered property are paid out to victims of the scheme. This course of usually ties right into a regulatory lawsuit and is broadly overseen

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CFTC scores Entry of Default against MTI’s Johannes Steynberg

On the request of the CFTC, an Entry of Default has been recorded towards Mirror Buying and selling Worldwide CEO Johannes Steynberg. Following service by publication on Steynberg, he had till November fifteenth to file a solution. Steynberg (proper) failed to take action, prompting the regulator to file for an Entry of Default on November

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~90% of MTI investor accounts were just email addresses

Of the 300,000 investor accounts Mirror Buying and selling Worldwide boasted, round 90% have been simply electronic mail addresses. That’s to say, Mirror Buying and selling Worldwide solely had round 30,000 precise buyers. Homeowners and high recruiters having a number of positions in MLM corporations is nothing new. 270,000 bogus accounts nevertheless is certainly up

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MTI liquidation devolves into fight with SA government

The liquidation of Mirror Buying and selling Worldwide has devolved right into a struggle between liquidators and the federal government. BehindMLM beforehand reported on SARS, South Africa’s IRS equal, demanding liquidators give up $34.46 million. This quantity is simply shy of the complete quantity to this point recovered. Final week SARS escalated its efforts, searching for

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High Court provisionally approves sorting of MTI investors

Whereas South Africa’s authorities proceed to do nothing, civil Mirror Buying and selling Worldwide liquidation proceedings proceed. The most recent is a ten-page provisional order, defining precise victims from the scheme towards net-winners. As per the Excessive Court docket’s August thirty first order, MTI’s liquidators have been instructed to deal with bitcoin invested into the

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