In October, the South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) secured a court order to attach Jooste's assets for violating foreign exchange control rules. Jooste's Lanzerac house and wine farm in Stellenbosch and another house in Hermanus in the Western Cape were seized, along with other assets. Read: Reserve Bank secures court order to attach Markus Jooste's assets Steinhoff's Jooste set for fraud trial in Germany next year JSE censures, fines and 'disqualifies' former Steinhoff CFO Ben La Grange Based on a statement by the Oldenburg regional court in November, it seems Jooste and three other people will go on trial in Germany next year on charges of accounting fraud. Jooste denies the allegations.