Steinhoff's former chief financial officer, Ben la Grange, has been arrested and appeared in court where he was granted R150 000 bail.
The 49-year-old appeared in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court following his arrest on Wednesday morning.
La Grange, who worked closely with Steinhoff's late CEO Markus Jooste, has been charged with two counts of racketeering, five counts of fraud, one count of corruption and three counts of the contravention of the Financial Markets Act in relation to the state's ongoing Steinhoff investigation.
La Grange appeared in court alongside his co-accused, Steinhoff's former legal head Stéhan Grobler, who
handed himself over to the Hawks in late March.
Grobler, who is also out of R150 000 bail, was arrested a day after his former boss Markus Jooste
died by suicide in Hermanus.
He was meant to stand trial with Jooste in a case into which South African authorities had poured resources for years. But Jooste's abrupt death meant that Grobler initially appeared alone in the dock in March.
The 74-year-old, who worked at Steinhoff between 1999 and 2018, has vowed to clear his name.
"I was and remain confident that I will be able to clear the charges levelled against me. I have provided my full cooperation to the investigation wherever it has been required of me," he said at his first court appearance in March.