This was after the State argued that that she was a flight risk because she had access to at least R200 million that her husband claims to have hidden away from authorities.
"Desiree is facing an additional charge of corruption while Kleynhans is facing an additional charge of money laundering. More counts will be formulated and added at a later stage," said NPA spokesperson in Gauteng, Lumka Mahanjana. Mahanjana said in 2020, Liebenberg and Kleynhans registered a company styled Tariomix where they were both directors.
The accused then allegedly used the proceeds from the scam to buy luxury vehicles and Kruger coins and pay for Liebenberg's lavish wedding and honeymoon in Greece.When some investors did not receive the promised payments, they became suspicious and reported the matter to the police suspecting that they were defrauded.