TWO men appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday facing forgery charges after they crafted fake documents and sold former Education minister Dzingai Barnabas Mutumbuka’s house.
Mutumbuka lives abroad.
Prosper Biziweck (43) and Tatenda “Shaft” Wakatama (44) were remanded to today for bail
ruling.
It is alleged that on June 22, 2021 the two, together with
accomplices Jonah Ngome, Taurai Makata, Peter Chigayo and Kenias Mutyasira, who
are still at large, forged title deeds of house number 90, Harare Drive,
Chisipite in Harare which is registered in Mutumbuka’s name to be in Ngome’s
name.
The duo was working with officials from the Deeds Registry
offices.
As a result of the forgery, they managed to sell
Mutumbuka’s house to Harrison Marange for US$140 000.
Ngome was found in possession of a City of Harare tax
invoice which he used in the sale of Mutumbuka’s house.
The investigating officer said there were WhatsApp messages
where Marange was demanding US$45 000 from the duo which he paid as deposit
towards the purchase of the house.
The accused were summoned by the police, but they did not
present themselves and Wakatama was arrested after a 12-hour manhunt. Newsday
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