Adriaan van vuuren arrested

The court granted an order freezing the bank accounts of Adriaan van Vuuren, his wife, various business entities and family trusts, as reported in The Citizen 

Telkom’s subsidiary firm Trudon has obtained a court order freezing the bank accounts and assets of its former IT manager, who lived like a millionaire after allegedly defrauding it of more than R500 million.

The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria granted an order freezing the bank accounts of Adriaan van Vuuren, his wife, various business entities and family trusts.

Van Vuuren is an ex-owner of Abashiri, the horse that last year won the Triple Crown (SA Derby, Gauteng Guineas and SA Classic).

He quit horse racing last year.

The Van Vuurens were interdicted from dealing with their assets, including 17 properties, numerous racehorses, luxury vehicles and businesses pending Trudon’s application to have them sequestrated.

According to Trudon’s procurement manager Barend van der Walt in court paper