Wierdabrug police are investigating the shooting deaths of Mirror Trading International (MTI) joint liquidator Christopher Roos, his mother June, and his 13-year-old son after the three were found with gunshot wounds in a bedroom at a home in Rooihuiskraal North, Centurion.
Police spokesperson Captain Tintswalo Sibeko said the incident occurred on Monday, 21 September 2026. Officers who arrived at the scene found an adult male, an adult female and a 13-year-old boy with apparent gunshot wounds inside a bedroom. Emergency medical services declared all three dead at the scene. A firearm and cartridges were recovered there.
Police have opened two counts of murder and an inquest. No arrests have been made. The investigation is continuing. Police have not disclosed who is believed to have fired the shots, the sequence of events, or a possible motive.
Susan Strydom, legal representative for the liquidator, confirmed that Roos, his mother June and his 13-year-old son had died. She said the family received the news on Monday and had not yet been given further information about what happened. She described Roos as a kind-hearted man.
Roos, also identified in company records as Christopher James Roos, was an insolvency practitioner associated with Sebenza Trust in Centurion. He was reported as 41 years old. He was one of six joint liquidators appointed by the Master of the High Court to the MTI estate.
MTI launched in 2019 and attracted members in South Africa and abroad by promising average monthly returns of about 10 percent, with additional bonuses for recruiting others. Withdrawals were delayed or stopped in late 2020. CEO Johann Steynberg disappeared while travelling in Brazil. The company was placed in provisional liquidation shortly afterwards. A final liquidation order followed. In April 2023 the Western Cape High Court declared MTI a pyramid and Ponzi-type scheme.
Steynberg was later arrested in Brazil. He died in April 2024 while under house arrest awaiting an extradition hearing.
Liquidators have pursued claims against people who operated and benefited from the scheme in South Africa and abroad. According to figures reported from the liquidators, 9,441 claims worth almost R6.5 billion had been submitted. About R588.5 million remained in the estate as of 18 February 2026. Liquidators previously recovered about R1.06 billion after FXChoice froze 1,281 bitcoins in June 2020; those coins were later sold. Additional recoveries through settlements have been reported in the tens of millions of rand. A substantial portion of estate funds has been spent on court cases, inquiries and summonses.
Roos is the second of the six MTI liquidators to die. Fellow liquidator Riaan van Rooyen died on 16 September 2025 after he was found at the bottom of a staircase at his home and taken to hospital. No further public details about the circumstances of Van Rooyen’s death have been disclosed. There is currently no evidence linking Van Rooyen’s death to the Rooihuiskraal North shooting or indicating that the two incidents were connected to the MTI liquidation.
The investigation into the three deaths remains open.
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