In addition, the South African Reserve Bank seized more than R500m from Berdine Odendaal, Jooste's rumoured former romantic partner at the time of his death. Among the items seized was a property valued at R18m, as well as millions in bank accounts. Steinhoff found itself in an accounting scandal in 2017, with audit firm Deloitte confirming accounting irregularities. The financial fraud included several misrepresentations of its financial status and harmed South African investors, who incurred serious losses. In 2017, news broke of the country's biggest corporate fraud amounting to €6.5 billion (then R134bn) which was explained as "an accounting error". The fraud also cost the Public Investment Corporation close to R21bn in investments. Steinhoff was liquidated in October.