The owner of Priority Escapes travel agency, Francois Swart, has been arrested after scores of criminal complaints were lodged against him for scamming would-be holidaymakers out of millions of rands.
A 29-year-old woman who worked as a manager for a service station in the Eastern Cape managed to swindle more than R700 000 from the business.
Two restaurants in the Mother City say they’ve been taken for a ride and stuck with a stiff bill after business dealings went sour.
His charms and talent were overshadowed by what one of his art-deal victims described as “a toxic mix of arrogance and alcohol”.