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/ 3 June 2008

Lawyer: Former Fidentia boss too ill to attend court

Former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown was still too ill to appear in court, his attorney told a Cape Town magistrate on Tuesday. The magistrate, Justhree Steyn, was expected to hear a bail application by Brown, recently re-arrested on fresh fraud and theft charges.

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/ 2 June 2008

Court declares arrest warrant for Fidentia man valid

The Cape High Court on Monday declared valid a warrant for the re-arrest of Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown on alleged embezzlement charges involving the Antheru Trust. It dismissed with costs Brown’s urgent application for his immediate release from custody. Brown was recently arrested after his wife, Susan, secretly left the country for Australia.

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/ 28 May 2008

Scorpions, Brown discussed plea agreement

The Scorpions had spoken to the attorney acting for former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown about a plea agreement, it emerged in the Cape High Court on Wednesday. The revelation came in an application by Brown and his wife, Susan, to have warrants for their arrest obtained by the Scorpions on April 3 declared invalid.

By Ben Maclennan

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/ 27 May 2008

Fidentia’s Brown stressed and depressed, court hears

Former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown is suffering from acute stress and deep depression, according to his psychiatrist. This emerged on Tuesday when Brown appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court in a bid to secure bail after his latest arrest. The application was postponed to Thursday.

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/ 19 May 2008

Fidentia’s Brown receiving ARVs after alleged rape

Fidentia’s J Arthur Brown was currently receiving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in a private clinic after allegedly being sexually assaulted by prisoners in a prison vehicle, the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court heard on Monday. Brown was arrested recently on charges of theft, fraud and money laundering.

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/ 12 May 2008

Brown has uprooted his entire family, court hears

The sudden disappearance last month of the wife of Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown had destroyed the good faith between the couple and the Scorpions, the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court heard on Monday. Scorpions senior counsel Bruce Morrison told the court: ”She’s not coming back.”

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/ 24 April 2008

Fidentia case postponed in Brown’s absence

Fidentia chief executive J Arthur Brown was on Thursday late for a scheduled appearance in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court, on charges that include fraud involving the Transport, Education and Training Authority (Teta). In the dock without him were co-accused Dr Piet Bothma, Teta’s chief executive, and Jacobus Theart.

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/ 1 February 2008

Fidentia financial director gets jail time

The financial director of Fidentia, Graham Maddock, was on Friday effectively jailed for seven years on 54 counts involving fraud, theft, money laundering, contraventions of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act and the reckless or fraudulent conduct of business. Maddock appeared in court in Belville.

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/ 21 January 2008

Bail conditions relaxed for Fidentia man

Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown on Monday made his first appearance in the Cape Town Regional Court, where he is to go on trial on two charges of fraud, one of theft and one of contravening the Companies Act. Brown had previously made several appearances in the lower district court.

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/ 7 December 2007

Fidentia bosses stole R5,5m, says charge sheet

Former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown and financial director Graham Maddock used R5,5-million in Infinity loyalty-programme funds to pay salaries and other expenses in other Fidentia companies, according to prosecutors. The two men appeared briefly in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

By Ben Maclennan

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/ 31 August 2007

Fidentia trio back in court

Piet Bothma, the suspended chief executive of the Transport Education Training Authority, appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court in connection with the Fidentia saga. It was Bothma’s second court appearance. He was recently arrested as a third suspect in the affair.

By Staff Reporter

Lawyer: Former Fidentia boss too ill to attend court

Court declares arrest warrant for Fidentia man valid

Scorpions, Brown discussed plea agreement

Fidentia’s Brown stressed and depressed, court hears

Fidentia’s Brown receiving ARVs after alleged rape

Brown has uprooted his entire family, court hears

Fidentia case postponed in Brown’s absence

Fidentia financial director gets jail time

Bail conditions relaxed for Fidentia man

Fidentia bosses stole R5,5m, says charge sheet

Fidentia trio back in court

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