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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A court in Germany has announced that the accounting fraud trial of former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste will start early next year.<\/p>\n

The Oldenberg regional court said in a media statement on Thursday that it had yet to secure a date for the case to begin, however.<\/p>\n

Last year Jooste, two former Steinhoff executives and a fourth accused, who was not employed at the retailer, were charged with balance sheet fraud carried out between July 2011 and January 2015.<\/p>\n

The case was subsequently split in two, in part due to travel restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

The case against two former Steinhoff executives, who are in living in Germany, is set to begin on 3 May next year.<\/p>\n

The second case involves Jooste and an unnamed 72-year-old co-accused, who acted as a trustee of a trust in the British Virgin Islands.<\/p>\n

The Oldenburg court said it would share the date for the start of Jooste’s case as soon as it had been secured.<\/p>\n

While German authorities have not yet officially named any of the accused, a source with knowledge of the investigation previously told News24 that Jooste was one of the four accused.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the court referred to him as the CEO of Steinhoff International Holdings until the end of 2017.<\/p>\n

Jooste’s South African lawyer did not immediately reply to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

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