A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) employee stationed at
Plumtree Border Post has been arrested on charges of defrauding his employer of
over US$430 000 and over $1,4 million.
Norest Ushe (29) was not asked to plead to fraud charges
when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Shepherd Mjanja.
On Monday, Ushe had filed an application for bail and the
matter was remanded to yesterday.
Yesterday, the magistrate postponed the ruling to today.
The court was told that in May 2017, Ushe was working at a
private import section responsible for clearance of private goods before he was
changed to a section where he was responsible for scanning goods.
It is the State’s case that in February 2019, while working
at private imports section, he was issued with an SAP password which enabled
him to capture, view and print customs clearance certificates in the Zimra
system.
Ushe allegedly fraudulently entered 50 vehicles into the
Zimra system and the authority lost potential revenue in the form of unpaid
duty amounting to US$432 767,54 for 39 vehicles and $1 469 791,58 for 11
vehicles.
It is alleged that when the anomaly was discovered, Ushe
was found in possession of fake customs clearance certificates and customs
clearance certificate printouts on bond paper.
Five motor vehicles were also recovered and Ushe was
allegedly found in possession of a Zimra date stamp allegedly used in the
commission of the crime.
Ushe is alleged to have forged customs clearance
certificates, endorsed them with used serial numbers printed on bond paper and
used to register and licence such vehicles without paying duty.
He was subsequently arrested. Newsday
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