Thread: Brian WAINSTEIN ARRESTED In Cape Town, RSA!!!!

Brian WAINSTEIN ARRESTED In Cape Town, RSA!!!!


This is to inform the public of the arrest of an international fugitive by Cape Town CIPS with the assistance of members of the Flying Squad that tookplace on 8 January 2013. Earlier information received from a reliable source regarding a suspect who was listed on the INTERPOL wanted list, was pursued by CIPS members and after further investigation and contact with local INTERPOL (PTA) the suspect, Brian WAINSTEIN (aka Ben Benjamin) -ID.NO: 650210 5208 085 was arrested at his multimillion Rand hide out where he has been living an hedonistic lifestyle in the Cape Town Waterfront (C10, Juliet Marinas, DockRoad, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town). The arrest was expedited as information received indicated the suspect's imminent intention to leave the RSA. Brian WAINSTEIN had applied to the South African Home Affairs Department to have his surname changed on his Identity Book which would have enabled him then to apply for a new RSA passport, thus he would have been free to travel the world and not risk being arrested under the numerous warrants that have been issued against him Internationally.
He recently travelled to Johannesburg, where he is not known, to find a lawyer that would help him fast track the process of acquiring a new ID Book.
In the USA, where there is also a warrant for his arrest, Brian Wainstein went under the alias Trevor Thornton. His ex-wife has recently been released from jail on parole in the USA, it is not clear at this point in time if she was convicted under similar charges.
The suspect Brian WAINSTEIN is an SA citizen and is wanted in several other parts ofthe world as he was allegedly involved in the illegal distribution of huge quantities of steroids world wide and therefor his appearance onthe steroids most wanted list. He was previously arrested, charged and found guilty in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
He has been released on a bail of R500'000.- , and he is currently still residing at his flat in the Waterfront, as well as reporting in person to the Sea Point SAPS daily to sign the "bail register". The case has been remanded to 8 February 2013 at the Cape Town Magistrates Court.
With the help of his attorney Brett Carnegie, he is currently fighting his extradition to Nicosia/Cyprus, which issued his warrant of arrest through INTERPOL. In order not to be deported and/or serve any jail time, he will try to enter a plea bargain with the prosecution by agreeing to plead guilty and turn state witness, in exchange he will disclose all information regarding his past and present business associates. The suspect Brian Wainstein has also hired the services of a personal bodyguard, no doubt to protect himself from his associates and other people that will want to keep him silent. He has recently removed his number plates from his dark blue BMW 750 Li, which he had personalized and registered as "SHAMROCK WP". It is believed that he might have sold that car and went and bought himself a new identical model, also dark blue, which could explain why he is trying to keep his vehicle's number plate a secret.
Brian WAISTEIN owns several properties in and around Cape Town, one of which is situated in the up-market suburb of Constantia.

News Update

The article bellow was published by the Sunday Times on the 3 February 2013, Page 5.
I can't seem to have the option of adding the scanned article as a picture, so this is the best I can do for now.

Or you can follow this link and read the article on News24. 'Steroid King' fighting extradition | News24




N.2 JOCP
NEWS I 5

'steroid king'
nabbed in SA

BUYEKEZWA MAKWABE

A WANTED man who
allegedly supplied
aspirant sports stars
around the world
with millions of rands'worth of
illegal steroids for a decade has
been arrested in Cape Town.
Brian \Mainstein, 47, who
apparently has 10 aliases, will
appear in the Cape Town
Magistrate's Court this week to
fight an extradition request by
the US.
Wainstein had been living,
alone, in South Africa for
several months, said his
attorney, Brett Carnegie.
"We have briefed advocates
to contest the extradition
vigorously," he said.
\Mainstein, who has been
nicknamed the "steroid king" in
some countries, made a brief
appearance before magistrate
Zwelidumile Sogwagwa last
week. He was released on
R500 000 bail.
US high commission
spokesman John Hillmeyer said
the embassy was alerted to his
arrest by the South African
police. "He had a red notice on
Interpol, and the red notice was
a result of an outstanding
warrant in the Middle District
of Tennessee for various
Fugitive to fight extradition to US

narcotics violations. Our drug
enforcement agency has been
working with the SAPS on this
case," said Hillmeyer.
South Africa has a mutual
legal assistance treaty with the
US and American officials have
been working on the matter
with the Department of
International Relations since
October.
Gharges include
possession with
the intent to
distribute
A warrant of arrest was
issued in Pretoria on January
16. Wainstein was arrested
three days later in Cape Town.
The tall fugitive, whose name
first appeared on Interpol's
wanted list in February 2011,
has dual South African and
Israeli citizenship. His South
African passport expired in
November 2004.
Details of an elaborate
operation, which allegedly
made and distributed anabolic
steroids through a comp?ny
called Axiolabs, are contained
in an indictment by US
prosecutors. They say
Wainstein ran a lucrative drug
distribution operation with his
wife, Siobhan Hatton, and
others between December 2004
and November 2009. According
to US court papers, they had
made a net profit of R76-million.
He also faces charges related
to the false branding of drugs
and smuggling human growth
hormone.
Wainstein was convicted in
Ireland for "supplying
medicinal produce without a
prescription".
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
Judge Martin Nolan sentenced
him to two years' jail,
suspended for 20 months, and a
fine of R1 200.
Ofthe US charges, Carnegie
said: "W?'ve seen the papers
and we deny [them]."
He added that the allegations
would "be dealt with lawfully
through the appropriate
channels at the relevant time"
and said that his client had
"lundertaken] to, has and will
continue to cooperate with the
authorities at all times".