Sagwadi Mabunda

Between Blockchain and Black Markets: South Africa's Legal Readiness for Crypto-driven Cyberfraud

This paper examines whether the proliferation of cryptocurrency-facilitated fraud warrants a reclassification of the terrestrial crime of fraud into the distinct statutory offence of cyberfraud under South African law. Engaging with established fraud typologies — exit scams, Initial Coin Offering (ICO) scams, Ponzi sch...