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Will Ross | |
Africa editor, BBC World Service | |
The former head of the retail group that was at the centre of a huge corporate fraud case in South Africa has died, a day after he was ordered to pay $25m (£20m) as a fine. | |
Police said Markus Jooste succumbed to a gunshot wound after he allegedly shot himself on Thursday outside his home. | |
“The circumstances surrounding his death are being investigated,” police spokesperson André Traut told local media. | |
The country's financial regulator said Jooste had played a role in the publishing of misleading financial statements about Steinhoff International Holdings. | |
The retailer has suffered heavy losses as have investors in South African pension funds since an accounting scandal broke in 2017. | |
Prior to that, Jooste had acquired billions of dollars' worth of high street retailers across Europe (including the UK-based Poundland). | |
He had also been fined for insider trading in 2020. | |
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