Michael Mashiri
A man who was defrauding the Central Vehicle Registry using the civil servants rebate scheme appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa.
Ashton Marange, 29, of Eastview in Harare, appeared before the Harare Magistrates' Courts charged with fraud.
The State, through Pardon Dziva, alleges that from October 2022 to November 2022, one Alex Pedziwa brought three cars from Japan, two Toyota Porte vehicles for US$3 330 each, Toyota Spade for US$3 330, in the names of Vincent Courage Chitate Rangana Katuwe and Simbarashe Mudeye, who are all employed by the Ministry of Defence.
They then applied for the civil servant rebate scheme on behalf of Pedziwa, which was granted by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.
Pedziwa imported the three cars through Beitbridge Border Post between November 2022 and January 2023.
The vehicles were cleared by Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, factoring in the civil servant rebate scheme.
In January 2023 and March 2023, Pedziwa, who was working with Marange, went to Central Vehicle Registry in a bid to register the cars under the trade name of Mape Taxis, Private Limited, a company owned by Pedziwa, a duly registered company in terms of the Companies Act, Chapter 24:03.
They were told that for a person to register a car in the trade name of a company, one should provide proof that he or she is one of the directors of that company.
They then deceived the Central Vehicle Registry that Chitate and Katuwe were the directors of Mape Taxis Private Limited by tendering forged certificates of incorporation.
Through these lies, the Central Vehicle Registry office registered the three cars in the company trade name Mape Taxis and were given commercial plates.
As a result, the Central Vehicle Registry suffered an actual prejudice of its good administration.
Marange was ordered to reappear in court on August 25 for routine remand.
Gofa ordered Marange to pay US$20 bail.
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