Notorious businessman and swindler Joseph "Joe' Safra also known as Aeghatidis Andreas Socrate who recently changed his name to knowledgable Dr Jonathan Rothschild has passed on. A close friend confirmed the news to ZiMoja that Safra's cause of death is yet to be announced by the close-knit family he has.

SCAMMER

Safra is also the ex-lover of singer Vusi Nova and he allegedly conned top celebrities and executives claiming to be the offspring of Brazilian banking billionaire Joseph Safra. He was also masquerading as a top businessman running the global brand, Safra Group - an employment scam, offering packages of up to R65,000 per month.

THE GOOD DOCTOR

Safra was arrested and charged with defrauding the late Leon Kruger and his wife, Catharina Johanna Kruger, of almost R1 million between 2011 and 2014. He has created a fake persona, by the name of wealthy Brazilian billionaire Dr. Joseph Safra Sr, the chairperson of Safrasa Investments, and the Thandiwe singer, Vusi Nova was the managing director. They were both arrested in 201 and Vusi was released due to lack of evidence.

RESTING

Upon his recent release in 2023, he took on the persona of Dr. Rothschild where he allegedly continued being involved in property, identity, and other alleged fraud cases. In his new venture was allegedly "helping' asylum seekers to enter South Africa. The close friend told ZiMoja that they are no longer worried about whether he "would get himself into trouble again. He is resting, he had a good run.'