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Former reality TV star Peet Viljoen just landed in South Africa and was immediately arrested by the Hawks — the country’s top commercial crime unit — on charges tied to a 16-year-old property fraud scandal involving over 100 million rand in stolen public assets. Allegedly part of a syndicate that forged documents to illegally transfer city-owned properties, Viljoen, once a lawyer, denies any wrongdoing. His wife was also deported and arrived earlier, and the couple’s public image — built on a reality show — is now in freefall after their arrest in the U.S. for allegedly stealing groceries worth $5,000. What began as a sprawling municipal fraud case has ballooned into hundreds of charges, making it one of South Africa’s longest-running commercial crime investigations. Officials haven’t confirmed if this is a new probe or part of the old one, but the case is now under Pretoria’s specialized unit. The City of Johannesburg and other entities remain silent on recovered assets or total losses.

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