Edmore Chipiso (33), a pastor at Hatcliffe-based Reality of
Fire Ministries who lives at 119 Broadlands, Emerald Hills, and a colleague,
Roselyn Dunga (31), an aviation security employee of 16433 Stoneridge,
Waterfalls, appeared before Harare Magistrates’ Court charged with contravening
Section 8 (1)(a)(b) of the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Act.
They were not asked to plead when they both appeared before
Mr Stanford Mambanje and were remanded out of custody to December 3 on $20 000
bail each.
Prosecutor Mr Lancelot Mutsokoti told the court that on an
unknown date, but between August and November 2021, the pair laundered over
US$2 million.
The source of the money is yet to be established.The duo
reportedly bought a house at number 12 Giraffe Crescent, Borrowdale West, for
US$580 000 and house number 14256 Leggate Street in Gunhill for US$400 000.
They also went on to buy a property in Selous — the
remainder of Coburn 23 Plot measuring about 200 hectares – for US$130 000.
Mr Mutsokoti said after acquiring the properties, Chipiso
and Dunga started buying vehicles.
The cars include a black Mercedes-Benz S350 (registration
number AFG 2419) worth US$95 000, an Iveco truck, three DAF XF 105 truck
horses, three flatbed trailers and 42 000-litre fuel tanker worth US$1 million.
However, they were arrested after the Reserve Bank of
Zimbabwe’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) flagged their suspicious
transactions. Overall, the pair reportedly laundered over US$2,2 million. Sunday
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