Online Reporter
Yeukai Karengezeka
Court Correspondent
EXPERT Freight Private Limited and its director, Nomination Mudzviti, have been brought before the court accused of orchestrating a ZiG2 million fraud in collaboration with officials from the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority.
Mudzviti was remanded in custody and is set to apply for bail tomorrow, following his appearance before Harare magistrate Ms Lisah Mutendereki yesterday.
The complainant in the case is the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, represented by a loss control officer.
According to prosecutor Mr Lancelot Mutsokoti, in 1991, ZIMRA introduced its Automated System for Customers Data (ASCUDA) for the clearance of imported and exported goods.
This system allowed the creation of prepayment accounts to streamline the clearance process for approved clearing agencies.
To ensure accurate tax accounting in both ZWL and foreign currencies, ZIMRA assigned separate business partner (BP) numbers to each approved agency for their prepayment accounts.
Agents were required to calculate applicable duties for imported goods and deposit the relevant amounts into ZIMRA’s Banc ABC account, which would then reflect in their prepayment accounts, allowing them to clear goods on behalf of their clients.
However, on June 27, 2025, Mudzviti allegedly devised a scheme to defraud ZIMRA through his prepayment account registered under BP number G0200165265.
He reportedly colluded with ZIMRA system administrators Nancy Marongwe and Paradzai Mutasa, both of whom are already on remand facing US$6,3 million fraud, to manipulate figures in his prepayment account.
This deception led ZIMRA to believe that funds had been deposited, facilitating the clearance of goods for Mudzviti’s benefit.
The court documents reveal that Mudzviti altered figures in the prepayment account to mislead ZIMRA, resulting in the clearance of goods valued at ZiG2 million, to the authority’s detriment.
As of now, no recovery of the lost funds has been reported.
