Zim Now Writer
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has won a High Court order to forfeit a tainted vehicle that had imported using a fake rebate letter.
High Court judge, Justice Benjamin Chikowero, ordered forfeiture to the State of a Toyota Vanguard vehicle, that was fraudulently imported by one Caroline Mpanza in January last year.
Zacc approached the High Court, through the National Prosecuting Authority, arguing that Mpanza - who is not a civil servant, used a fake rebate letter in the name of a school teacher.
The school teacher’s application to import a similar vehicle had been approved by the Ministry of Finance and Investment Promotion.
The Court heard that in January 2023, Mpanza purchased a Toyota Vanguard vehicle after enlisting the services of an agent, Tafadzwa Nyamagodo.
She allegedly paid him a total sum of US$16 000 for the importation of the vehicle and payment of import duty.
However, Nyamagodo did not pay import duty but instead used a forged civil servant rebate letter bearing the name of a teacher and a false residential address, resulting in the evasion of the payment of customs duty.
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority had calculated the duty to be US$7 000.00.
The vehicle was later registered in the name of the teacher without her knowledge.
Justice Chikowero ordered forfeiture of the vehicle to the State on the grounds that it is tainted property.
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