A 34-YEAR-OLD unemployed man yesterday appeared at the
Harare Magistrates Court charged with unauthorised access to a computer linked
to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Paynet server where he allegedly paid
himself $2 385 073, through a fraudulently registered company.
Manase Manjovha was not asked to plead when he appeared
before magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa, who remanded him to today for bail
application.
The complainant, Zimra was represented by its information
communication technology security manager Ebrahim Makunganya.
The State alleges that sometime in April last year,
Manjovha and an accomplice Stephen Moreka, who has since been arrested, opened
three bank accounts with POSB Bank in the name of Talent Mandebvu 4 of Mandebvu
village, Chief Mashayamombe, Mhondoro.
The duo also allegedly opened two corporate bank accounts
in the name of bogus companies called Limpstone Investments and Del Computers
(Private) Limited.
It is alleged on May 4 last year, Manjovha, working in
connivance with Moreka, remotely accessed the Zimra Paynet server and uploaded
three files into the paynet system with a total value of $2 385 073,20 without
authority and then cleared all server logs to cover the trail.
After accessing the Zimra server, they allegedly paid out
$2 385 073, 20 to the accounts.
Manjovha is also facing another charge of acquiring a fake
birth certificate. It is alleged that on January 2 this year, Manjovha went to
the United States Embassy while misrepresenting as Sean Chiyangwa born on April
22, 1985 and applied for a visa to the US.
The State alleges that upon verifying the particulars he
had tendered, it was established that Manjovha had fraudulently acquired a
birth certificate, which he used to obtain the passport in the name of Sean
Chiyangwa and was red-flagged on the Interpol wanted list. He was arrested on
February 25. Newsday
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