𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟮 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬. 𝘜𝘗𝘋𝘈𝘛𝘌: 𝘐𝘯 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘺 2021, 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘶𝘪𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘙100 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 (𝘕𝘗𝘈). 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪-𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦. 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘖𝘯 22 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 2024, 𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘻𝘻𝘪, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘥, 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. With estimated returns of over 50 to 100%, a controversial Gauteng diamond dealer has lured a string of investors to buy into his dreams of selling Namaqualand diamonds at vast profits. Carte Blanche investigates how several unsuspecting South Africans, who invested millions into the mouth-watering scheme, were short-changed as the extravagant promises came to nought.