SARS nails Krejcir

In echoes of Al Capone and the then United States Beaureu of Internal Revenue, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has reportedly frozen all of Radovan Krejcir’s assets.

The Czech fugitive is fighting extradition on money laundering charges in his home country. Locally, he has been at the centre of two botched assassination attempts. Krejcir’s lawyer, Eddie Claasen, told the

Saturday Citizen he had not seen the preservation order. “I will get it later tonight,” he said yesterday afternoon.

SARS spokesman, Marika Muller, told the Saturday Citizen the organisation was not going to comment. “We simply do not comment on the affairs of taxpayers.” Court papers obtained by the Mail &

Guardian claimed SARS is owned about R60 million.

Krejcir has until December 2 to overturn the order, which prevents his properties from being sold. It is believed the properties are registered in the name of his wife, Katerina Krejcirova.

Furthermore, the court order also granted SARS control of the Krejcir family assets, including the Moneypoint gold and jewellery exchange business in Bedfordview.

The business was the scene of an explosion which killed two people this week, raising fears about gang warfare in the suburb. Unofficially, the deceased have been named as Ronny Bvuma and Jan Charvat. Police have yet to confirm this. Charvat was wanted by Czech authorities for tax evasion. –