Farai
Herald Reporter
Senior FBC bank manager and former mother-in-law to business tycoon Wicknel Chivayo, Tabitha Mazikanda, was this morning picked up by detectives from CID law and order on fraud and cybersecurity breach allegations.
She is currently being held at Harare Central Police Station.
According to the statement seen by this publication, Mr Chivayo, who is the complainant, is claiming that Madzikanda and other bank officials connived to illegally remove Mr Chivayo as a signatory from his two children’s investment account and attempted to transfer over US$1.4 million from the account without his oversight.
Last month, Mr Chivayo was ordered to deposit the outstanding US$2,8 million as part of their US$5 million divorce settlement into a bank account that will be controlled by his ex-wife, Sonja Madzikanda, with him having oversight on the operation of that bank account.
He was ordered to settle the balance within 30 days and the US$1.4 million in question is part of the money settled.
In the allegations involving the violation of the cyber law, it is alleged that Madzikanda is behind the circulating artificial intelligence-generated photos of the businessman with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa.
“Preliminary investigations show that the images were generated from her phone. This is all designed to cause confusion and aver that there was an unsanctioned meeting with the president,” the source said.
She joins her daughter Sonja in police custody and the two are set to appear in court tomorrow.
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