BUSINESS NEWS

IDBZ manager probed in student facility fraud

The Infrastructure and Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) has launched an investigation into former senior manager Suckson Muswe, formerly known as Makwasha, over allegations that he inflated costs d...

By Staff reporter | Published: 8 hours ago

BUSINESS NEWS

'Fraud' kingpin arrested in UAE, extradited to Zimbabwe

A key figure in the collapsed Beven Capital Ponzi scheme has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and extradited to Zimbabwe to face multiple fraud charges, the National Prosecuting Authori...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 August 2025

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Ex-bank consultant jailed for US$23,000 fraud

A former ZB Bank loan consultant, Cosmas Bhude, has been sentenced to an effective three years and nine months in prison for defrauding clients of more than US$23,000 through a series of fraudulent l...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 August 2025

POLITICS

Goat tender fraud trial resumes

The trial of businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe, accused of defrauding the Government of US$7 million under the Presidential Goat Pass-On Scheme, resumed yesterday with Mpofu outlining the fina...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 August 2025

POLITICS

Zanu-PF MP's property attached over US$34,000 fraud

The High Court has ordered the attachment of movable property belonging to Masvingo North legislator Brian Mudumi after he failed to repay US$34,000 in a fraud case involving his company, Cloud Africa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 August 2025

POLITICS

Chiwenga distances self from 'fraudulent' Bulawayo event

The Office of the Vice President, General (Retired) Dr. Constantino Chiwenga, has formally distanced itself from a so-called "Matabeleland Business Dinner" event being widely promoted on social media,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Fraud case against 2 businessmen crumbles

Two Harare businessmen, Brian Murphy and Adam Wood, have been acquitted of fraud and providing false information to a public official after a Harare magistrate ruled that the State failed to prove it...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Chiyangwa locked up over cryptocurrency fraud

A Harare woman, Melissa Messe Samantha Chiyangwa, appeared in court this week charged with swindling a prominent eye specialist of nearly US$600,000 in a complex cryptocurrency scam spanning over two...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

RioZim in eye of financial misconduct, fraud storm

Mining giant RioZim Limited is at the centre of a deepening scandal as allegations of financial misconduct, asset stripping, and systematic fraud continue to surface. According to sources familiar wit...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Chimombe, Mpofu fraud case takes a new twist

The high-profile fraud trial involving businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe took an unexpected turn on Monday after the former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, John Basera, con...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Harare businessman in $76,000 vehicle import fraud

A local businessman, Elias Murandu, 37, has been charged with fraud after allegedly deceiving the director of Cobra Security in a failed vehicle importation scheme involving a total of US$76,000.Muran...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Beitbridge clearing agent jailed for smuggling

A Beitbridge clearing agent, Brian Zimbume, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being convicted of fraud and smuggling related offences. Zimbume, who was employed by Andalusia Investments ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

23 toll-gate staffers dismissed for fraud in three months

A company managing part of the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara)'s toll-gate network has dismissed some 23 workers on charges of fraud in the last three months, Parliament has heard.Duri...

By newzimbabwe | Published: 27 June 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Mangoma, Zesa bosses deny fraud charges

Former Energy minister Elton Mangoma on Thursday said charges that he unprocedurally awarded a $3 million contract to a South Korean firm have been fabricated, based on falsehoods and designed to hara...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

POLITICS

Undenge acquitted in Chivayo fraud case

FORMER Energy minister Samuel Undenge was yesterday acquitted in a matter in which he was being accused of directing the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) to pay businessman Wicknell Chivayo $5 million.A H...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 December 2018

POLITICS

Maziwisa, Pambuka jailed for fraud

FORMER Zanu PF Highfield West legislator, Psychology Maziwisa and television personality Oscar Pambuka were yesterday sentenced to a total of 78 months in jail each for fraud.Maziwisa (34) and Pambuka...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 December 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Wicknell Chivayo escalates fight to have fraud charges dismissed

IntratRek Zimbabwe director Wicknell Chivayo, who is facing a $5,6 million fraud charge in a botched Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) solar project deal, has petitioned the High Court, seeking a review of...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 December 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zesa unit in fraud storm

ZIMBABWE Power Company (ZPC) has flown into the eye of a storm amid revelations a senior executive of the State- owned power utility allegedly awarded a multi-million dollar contract without going to ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 July 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Fraudsters target Women's Ban

Zimbabweans should be wary of fraudsters who are moving around with forged Women's Bank loan application forms and offering to process them for a fee. There are reports that a number of people had bee...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Lawyer arrested over $64 000 fraud

HARARE lawyer, Auther Roy Mabhena, appeared in court yesterday facing fraud allegations after he duped home seekers of $64 315 in botched land deals.Mabhena of T Kadhau and Associates was not asked to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 June 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF supporters bay for 'fraudulent' minister's head

THOUSANDS of Zanu-PF supporters from Hwedza constituency have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa calling for the immediate expulsion of Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs minister David Musayaba...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 June 2018

POLITICS

Shiri's name soiled by fraudsters

The ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement has launched a manhunt for fraudsters who are abusing the name of its principal officer, retired chief air marshal Perrance Shiri, to fleece d...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Ministry warns against land fraudsters

THE Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement has warned the public to be wary of fraudsters that are masquerading as Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri (Rtd) and demanding money from unsusp...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 June 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

'Upsurge in Zimbabwe mobile money fraud'

ZIMBABWE Information and Communication Technologies (ZICT) has warned that an increasing number of vendors and small-to-medium scale enterprises are receiving fake messages of transactions on their mo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 May 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Employee defrauds Trek $42 000 diesel

A TREK Agriculture Petroleum employee has been taken to court for allegedly fleecing his employer of over $42 000 worth of diesel earmarked for use at the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 May 2018
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