PRETORIA – Christopher Roos, an insolvency practitioner and joint liquidator tasked with winding up the multi-billion-rand Mirror Trading International (MTI) estate, has been found dead alongside his mother and son at his home in Centurion.
According to reports from emergency services and local media outlets, first responders were dispatched on Monday morning, 21 September, to a residence in Centurion.
Emergency personnel discovered the three victims in the house, all of whom had sustained fatal gunshot wounds. Reports suggest Roos allegedly shot his mother and son before turning the firearm on himself, but the circumstances surrounding the deaths remain unclear and this could not be independently confirmed.
Police clarification pending
While emergency services processed the scene as a suspected double murder-suicide, police had not officially confirmed any details by the time of publication. Gauteng police spokesperson Captain Tintswalo Sibeko had not yet responded to media inquiries, and local authorities were continuing their investigation.
A complex and contentious winding-up role
Roos, who was professionally associated with Sebenza Trust in Centurion, was appointed by the Master of the High Court as one of the joint liquidators tasked with unravelling MTI.
The company collapsed in December 2020 after its chief executive, Johann Steynberg, fled to Brazil. Steynberg was arrested there in December 2021 and died in April 2024. MTI was declared an unlawful Ponzi and pyramid scheme by the Western Cape High Court on 26 April 2023.
Roos is the second liquidator on the MTI estate to die. In September 2025, fellow liquidator Riaan van Rooyen was declared dead on arrival at hospital after being found at the bottom of the stairs in his home. No further details about his death were ever disclosed.
The multi-billion-rand liquidation remains highly complex. The legal team is managing 9 441 claims valued at approximately R6.5 billion, with extensive local and global litigation underway to claw back funds from investors who withdrew profits before the platform’s collapse.
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